• A couple of years ago I tried to use Qantas points to book business class to Europe. The only available flight out of Melbourne was on Emirates at 3:30am. After the flight was booked I looked up the aircraft type and discovered that it was an older 777 in which the business class seats were not l...

  • The Garlic Restaurant (don't breathe on your fellow passengers afterwards) and opposite is a wonderful fur shop run by an old lady and her daughter who specialise in mink and Arctic fox. I bought a terrific mink hat for my daughter that she uses whenever she is in a cold country. They are accessi...

  • I am curious as to why you don’t use roaming. For my last leisure trip to the USA I made sure that mobile data was turned off and diversion to voicemail was cancelled. I communicated via SMS, didn’t answer incoming calls except one where I recognised the number and made a few loc...