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Day 2 After the best nights sleep I have had for ages I woke at 5am showered shaved and leisurely packed my bags then wondered down to breakfast. After breakfast it was time to say good bye to the Hotel staff and jump on the the Hotel shuttle to the airport. Another dripping hot day outside the hotel. After several long walks, immigration and a train ride from one terminal to another I was seated on an A380 and bound for Frankfurt. Once again I had An isle seat with no one in the seat next to me, so I could stretch out for the 6 hour flight. I am very impressed with Emirates new A380 as it has extremely comfortable seats, USB charge socket, 11volt power socket and the most leg room I have ever had on a flight. Oh and I almost to forgot to mention the super fast inflight wifi. Now sitting in my final aircraft seat for today. Despite spending so much time sitting in a seat today, I have also had my share of exercise. I had to walk with my baggage from one end of Dubai airport to the other. Then at Frankfurt I had to walk from one end of terminal 2 to catch a train to terminal 1 then walk the entire length of terminal 1. My wrist fitness tracker tells me that I have walked 4.8km today, all of which was under load. Our aircraft this afternoon is a Canadaair 900. I have never flown on one of these before and I am very impressed with the real leather seats and the space between the seats. The only downside for this afternoon's flight is the fact that England play Slovinia on Sunday in Ljubljana and the flight has several very loud England supporters on it. I arrived At my hotel for the next 4 nights, The Austria Trend Hotel at approx 6pm. After unpacking, answering emails and showering I walked to a local resturant. The proprietor suggested that I not look at the menu as he could tell what I liked. I was game so I let him chose for me. He served me a mixed meat grill with a horseradish sauce, flat bread, onion and a capsicum chutney. It was delicious and I washed it down with a Sarajavo Premium beer.
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