Pot domov

Pa je prišel čas za povratek. Po treh dneh potepanja po Melbourni in okolici, dveh predavanjih v dveh mestih in še dveh dneh Sydneya sem pozno zvečer vkrcal na ogromni Airbus A380-800. 19:00 Prispem na vrata 57 in začem brati Lord of Lights (Zelazny). 21:15 Vkrcavanje. 22:30 Koooončno vzletimo. Matr se je vleklo. Še pred vzletom se pilot opraviči, ker bomo zaradi poznega leta dobili le eno večerjo in ne dveh, kot je napisano na jedilnem listu. Ubogi mi. (Na fotografiji spodaj se prve večerje ne vidi.)  Tokrat se odločim da bom gledal filme. Začnem s TRON: Legacy (srednja žalost). 23:40 Večerja. Konec filma, nadaljujem s Harry Potter 7a. Kmalu po začetku stisnem pavzo in zaspim. 05:37 Zbudijo me za nočni prigrizek – piščančjo ali vegetarijansko tortico. Ali pa obe. Pa še jabolko. Pogledam Harryja do konca (ni slab, lepo sledi knjigi), prestavim na The Expendables (shoot ‘em up, brez vsake vsebine), pa spet kmalu stisnem pavzo in zaspim. 11:30 Zajtrk. Zunaj totalna tema. Vrti se The King’s Speech. 12:10 Pristanek v Dubaiu. Zunaj še vedno totalna tema. Po lokalni uri je 05:10.

After three days in Melbourne, two days on conferences in two cities and additional two days in Sydney, my Australian adventure is coming to an end. On Sunday evening I have boarded enormous Airbus A380-800 starting the long trip home. 19:00 Arrived on gate 57. Reading Lord of Lights (Zelazny). 21:15 Boarding. 22:30 Finally! we’re in the air. Even before the take-off the pilot has apologized over the PA system because we will only receive one dinner instead of two because of the late start. Poor us. (The photo below only shows the second dinner.) This time I’ll watch movies. First is TRON: Legacy (not very good). 23:40 Dinner. End of movie, switching to Harry Potter 7a. Soon the movie is paused and me fast asleep. 05:37 Cabin crew wakes me up for a midnight snack. Chicken or veggie tart – or both. And an apple. I’m awake now so I watch Harry to the end (not a bad movie, follows the book nicely). Then I switch to The Expendables (standard shoot ‘em up, no content at all), but again only for few minutes when I doze off again. 11:30 Breakfast. Outside is black pitch dark. Watching The King’s Speech. 12:10 Landing in Dubai. Still completely dark outside. Local time is 05:10.

Po pristanku sem naredil nekaj posnetkov letala. Ogromna zverina! Dve nadstropji ima – zgornje za prvi in poslovni razred, spodnje za navadne smrtnike. Pa tudi v spodnjem nadstropju se čisto udobno pelješ. Spodaj so trije veliki razdelki (prva slika spodaj) in en manjši v repu, kjer je postavljena tudi kabina za posadko (velik kvader za stevardeso). Sedel sem za pregrado (prvi oranžni stol desno od prehoda), kar je mojim kolenom zelo ugajalo.

After the landing I’ve snatched few photos of the airplane. It is unbelievably enormous! Two floors – top for first and business class and bottom for economy. Even the economy passengers travel comfortably. Bottom floor consists of three big sections (first picture below) and one smaller in the tail where a cabin crew sleep quarters are also stationed (the big white block behind the lady on the second picture). I was seating after the barrier (first orange chair right to the aisle) which did lots of good to my knees.

Tokrat imam malce več časa do naslednjega leta (4 ure :( ), zato sem si ogledal celo letališče in celo našel eno! trgovino s hrano in pijačo. Pol litra vode + pol litra izotoničnega napitka + Pringles = 2,10 €. Đabe! Pripravim se na dolgo čakanje na naslednji let … 09:55 [dubaiski čas, po avstralskem bi bilo to 16:55] Vkrcavanje. Spet Boeing 777-300. Spotoma ujamem še en pogled na A380. (Belina je mimo, sem imel fotoaparat narobe nastavljen; bom popravil doma.)

This time I had more time to explore the Dubai airport (4 hours :( ) and I managed to find one! food store. Half a litter of natural water + half a little energy drink + Pringles = 2,10 €. Unbelievably cheap! Getting ready for a long wait … 09:55 [Dubai time, in Australia it is 16:55] Boarding. Boeing 777-300. I can see another A380 nearby and I snatch few photos. (White balance was misconfigured; will fix this at home.)

Nadaljujem z ogledom The King’s Speech. Še dobro, da imajo Emirati na vseh letih enake filme. Odličen film! (Colin Firth kot kralj George VI s tekstom fuck fuck bugger buggrity fuck arse – neprecenljivo!) 11:25 Konec filma, kosilo. Po kosilu Despicable Me (risanka o neuspešnem superzločincu, ki posvoji tri punčke – odlična). 13:22 Še dobri dve uri do Dunaja, ravno še dovolj za en film. Knight and Day, čeprav sem ga že gledal, je ravno pravi za ne-da-se-mi-mislit fazo. Pa Cameronko je vedno fajn videt. 15:50 Pristanek. (Lokalni čas 13:50, avstralski čas 22:50.)

I’m still watching The King’s Speech. Luckily, all big Emirates flights have the same movie database loaded. An excellent movie! (Colin Firth as King George VI going fuck fuck bugger buggrity fuck arse – priceless!) 11:25 Movie ends, lunch. After the lunch Despicable Me (unsuccessful super villain adopts three little girls – excellent). 13:22 Two more hours to Vienna, just enough to watch one more movie. Although I’ve seen it already I’ve chosen Knight and Day, because it suits very well my don’t-let-me-think mentality at that moment. (Plus one can never see too much of Cameron Diaz.) 15:50 Touchdown. (Local time 13:50, australian time 22:50).

Ker nimam vstopnega kartona za zadnji let (Emirati v Sydneyu nimajo pojma o tem, kaj je Slovenija), se oglasim na informacijah in presenečeno izvem, da leta za Ljubljano ob petih ni. So ga odpovedali že 9. marca, pa me ni noben obvestil. Čaka pa me stol na letu ob devetih :( Ura je 15:22 (00:22 po avstralsko, se pravi da sem že 30 ur na poti), jaz pa čakam letalo, ki se bo začelo natovarjati ob 20:15, odletelo ob 21:00, pristalo pa okoli 22:00. Ojoj. Še dobro, da imajo na Dunaju zastonj wireless, da si lahko vsaj z računalnikom krajšam čas ..

I don’t yet have boarding pass (Emirates in Sydney have never heard about Slovenia) so I have to visit the information desk where I found bad news – my five o clock flight was cancelled (three weeks ago but nobody bothered to notify me) and I will have to wait for the nine o clock flight :( It’s 15:22 (00:22 by Australian time) which means I’m traveling for 30 hours and I’m waiting for the flight that should be boarding at 20:15, take off at 21:00 and land somewhere around 22:00. Damn! My only luck is that the airport has free wireless so I can at least chat to K and publish this sad post …