Wednesday August 8th, 2018 Departing San Francisco

Off on our next cruise, this time it’s round trip from Southampton on the Cunard Line Queen Victoria stopping at:

Kristiansand, Norway - Copenhagen, Denmark - Stockholm, Sweden - Tallinn, Estonia - St. Petersburg, Russia - Helsinki, Finland - Wernemunde, Germany

Today we flew on Virgin Atlantic from San Francisco to London. The business class lounge was small but very nicely set up; not the usual buffet but waitress service – a nice touch. The decor has a bit of a retro fell to it and the artwork featured musicians from the early days of Virgin Music. The usual business amenities; printing, faxes etc. were complimented by some nice showering facilities.

Many of the business class lounges at airports nowadays are on the gate side of the security checkpoint; making the transition from the lounge to the aircraft a short, smooth trip. However the Virgin lounge at SFO is located before the security checkpoint and so we were a bit concerned about how much time to allow to safely make through the security checks. However we need not have worried as the Virgin staff had everything very well organized; when it was time for our flight we were  personally escorted to the priority security line – which was very short. It took only 5 minutes and we boarded.

The plane was a Boeing 787 Dreamliner with fully reclining seats. The flight was very uneventful, which was great and dinner was set up so that Sandra and I could sit together; the food was very good. At bed time the reclining seat was set up as a bed by the attendant, including a bottom and top quilt.