Taking advantage of Ryanair, we recently visited friends and family in England. The flight was full - in both directions - despite it being the end of November, and a bit like a works outing, there were so many familiar faces travelling together. More leg room than on a charter flight, and excellent in-flight food service. I would guess there is a good chance that next year Mr. Ryan may decide to carry on over the Christmas period. Fingers crossed! We paid less than 150 Euros return for both of us including suitcases. The good weather en route and in England was a bonus.
We have decided, however, that we are real country bumpkins. Obviously living in an olive grove is beginning to get to us and we are rather out of touch with life in the fast lane. I have only just got over the embarrassment of a previous visit to London when I tried firmly pressing my palm over the pad at the turnstile entrance to the underground (following the example of the man in front), only I didn't have an oyster card! This time I avoided any major booboos but I'm sure the sight of a very obviously English person peering at coins before paying the bill and putting my debit card into the chip and pin machine the wrong way up must have caused a few comments.
There is altogether too much traffic moving far too quickly to start with, and as for trying to follow the AA routing through the centre of London in the dark, avoiding the congestion charge area, and swapping glasses each time I needed to read either a road sign or the map, well..... next time we are taking the bus!
Susan
