On Holiday!

So tomorrow I'm off to SA for a two-week holiday :-) I'm not sure which I'm looking forward to more... going home for a few weeks, or just being off work!

What I'm not looking forward to is the flying... don't get me wrong, I love flying (not so much the flying as the take-offs and landings), but the new security restrictions are driving me insane. Sure, they've been relaxed slightly, but it still makes life difficult. Particularly if you wear contact lenses - the maximum size container you're allowed to take on board is 100ml, but the minimum size bottle of contact lens solution is 120ml! And considering that I'm going to be flying or in airports for about 15 hours (I'm flying via Frankfurt), I really will need to take my contacts out a couple of times. But I'm not going to get started - the whole thing's ridiculous, and I just get so annoyed that I'm trying to avoid thinking about it at all.

I'm also not looking forward to flying with Lufthansa - I've never flown with them before, but I've already decided that I won't be flying with them again. They just don't reply to queries; they don't have individual entertainment sets; you can't book your seat online or via the travel agent (you can request an aisle or window seat, but it's just a request - most other airlines let you pick your actual seat!); and you can't use web checkin if you booked via a travel agent.

The best airline I've flown with is KLM - not only do they have individual entertainment units (games, tv, movies, everything), it's all totally on demand, so you can really watch whatever you feel like, whenever you feel like it. And they're constantly handing out food, chocolates, chips, icecream.... yummy :-) (Actually, the best airline I've flown with is American Airlines - but that was First Class, so it's not really fair to compare them :D)

Anyway, it's great to have some time off work (I've been working for 7 months solid, I deserve a break!) and nice to be seeing my family again - and it'll be amazing to be in a country where it doesn't get dark at 4 in the afternoon!