Qatar Airways - what can we say - it is undoubtedly our favourite way to fly. We had a wonderful experience in the Qatar Premium Lounge in Paris (even before departure) then trundled onboard and settled ourselves in. It is beyond a first world problem (obviously) but because we had been squeezed onto the Friday night Paris departure, it was a full cabin and our two Qsuites were in the second business class cabin - see - definitely a first world problem. It's only...

The big day finally dawned - 26 October 2021 - the first day of the rest of our lives. The length of the 'to do' list thus far should surely have meant a lazy, hazy day of flipping coins for the last few items to make the cut into the overstuffed bags (it seems we've lost the knack of travelling heavy and have moved to travelling severely overloaded). But no. No lazy and certainly no hazy. Aside from anything else we spent the morning nipping up and down from t...