Katie Soler and I headed to Sitges, Spain on Montday May 5. We started at O'Hare Terminal 5, enjoying Air France's Sky Priority check in because I booked us in Premium Economy. We bypassed the check in line and and were in the short line through security for a good start.
The newly remodeled Terminal 5 is nicely done with lots of dining options. Katie and I chose Tortas Frontera where she had tortilla soup and I had salad. No white table cloths but a nice spot for a little meal (though the servings where huge!) If you are leaving through here and need something to eat, take a tour of all the options, There is a Big Bowl, Toco Italian, R.J. Grunts, Totas Frontera, and a couple of others.
After our break Katie and I went to the gate and had a short wait and enough time for a selfie before boarding.
Premium Ecpnomy from O'Hare to Paris gets mixed reviews. Priority security and boarding was nice. The service on board was horrible. The food was not good. The seats are odd. Wider than coach but no recline. There were good entertainment options and I watched Gravity. A note on service - we were served our meal - the whole meal at once not in courses as expected. We were not offered an apertif before the meal. Plunk, here is your meal and a plastic cup of Champagne if you want. That was it. We never saw another flight attendent. Katie and I were almost finished with our meal when I pressed the call button. Someone finally showed up after we had finished and offered us a roll. I asked for wine and it took forever before they came back with two individual bottles of white. Bottom line - my expectations for the Premium Economy meal were not met on this flight. Interestingly our experience with Premium Ecpnomy from Paris to Barcelona was great. Good seats, nice, tasty light meal, and good service.
At Charles de Gaulle, getting from Terminal 2E to 2F felt like going through a maze. Down a hall, down escalators, on a train, up esclators, anound corners, down halls, up escalators! Where are we? However, with Sky Priority through security no line. Also no line at passport control. Oh, I thought it was odd that we went through security before passport control! Lots of walking but we made it to gate on time. My connection worries were groundless even if the flight was slightly delayed. It was secheduled for 10:00 but delayed until 10:22.
As usual at Barcelona we had a long walk from the gate to our bags which arrived after we got to the baggage claim but came out quickly. We headed to the bus stop and had a short wait for the Monbus to Sitges and thena short walk to the Piso. Our bags got pretty heavy as we lugged them to the top floor! We had to do it in phases. What happened to my thoughts on packing light?
Katie and I opened up the piso and rested for a bit then headed down the hill for lunch by the sailing club. A bottle of rosé, a salad, and a wonderful seafood canneloni while sitting outside in the sun was great. Katies and I then did a little shopping - wine, cheese, and bread then it was back to the piso and onto the roof. Both of us fell asleep up there for a while. I came down for a showere, we talked for while then had a snack - our shopping success prizes - and by 9:30 we knew it was time to turn in after a long day.
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