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Baltics24: Day 2: Stockholm – Aland
Today is brought to you by Optus Global Roaming is shite. Legs a little stiff and sore, I got up and started the blog. made some progress, then my phone stopped talking the language of data, and what basically followed involved being told a bunch of crap from a support person who did everything to assume me, the customer, was wrong. Then eventually they went away and got someone else I was able to convince to escalate (only had to say it 3 times and Telecommunications Ombudsman once), before i got a case number and a vague timeline. Downside I spent the bulk of the day with no phone data…
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Baltics24: Day 1: Stockholm
It was a long day. The flights were all the goodness that business class delivers, and Thai airlines do a solid job of that. The obligatory champagne before the flight, then a number of solid menu options, helpful staff always ready to top up glasses, and comfy if a little narrow lie-flat seats. Nothing to complain about there really, though their selection of Korean movies is perhaps a little less than with Singapore. I still managed to catch the solidly entertaining Miss Fortune (who doesn’t love a mix of comedy, con artist, and mother-daughter bonding action) , as well as the action-packed Japanese Revolver Lily, set in 1920s Japan. The…
