We queued by the desk waiting for the 'young child' (as Amanda referred to the guy from the hire car company) to finish dealing with a large family visiting England, hiring a car and sat nav.After what seemed like an eternity we were at the front of the queue, to negotiate with the guy to get my car and get home.BMW had arranged for the car, the cheapest they could find, and no matter how long I tried, it was obvious I was not going to get a free upgrade, I just ...

Landing at Gatwick airport after an uneventful flight (been on one you have been on them all in 'pigs and chickens' class) we stood waiting for the luggage.I am sure it caught another flight as it took so long to get to us.As my luggage appeared on the 'hurdy-gurdy' (a technical term for the baggage carrousel) I noticed they had been restyled by what I can only assume was a rabid chimp with a lump hammer!My heart sank shoulders slumped and all the blood in my bod...

The day home started with frantic packing, distributing heavy objects in amongst all the luggage to lighten the load of other cases. We arrived at the airport well ahead of time and the next challenge was to find where to return the car.We started by following the signs for rental car return.Our first attempt ended up with us driving through the arrivals passenger taxi rank, yet in sight of the Avis signs.Confident now we knew where to return the car we tried ag...

Starting the day on the back foot, we decided to go do some walking tours of the Old Town. We had the guide book, and thought we should make the best of a bad situation. At about 10 am we headed out from the hotel accompanied by a phone conversation from BMW, informing me that they had still heard nothing from the local dealer but would update me as soon as possible. We headed out and then took a wrong turn, spending about 30 minutes waling in the wrong direct...

Everything was so well planned for today, my bike trip to Warsaw would take about 5 hours, so I decided to leave for about 10 am and Amanda's train was at mid-day, and take 3 hours. We would/should arrive in Warsaw for about 3pm. I retrieved my bike from the underground car park of the hotel, but as I tried to start it to move away from the lift entrance the bike would not start. I assumed, as it had run in the underground car park, that I had flooded the bike...