Day 1 - 14th Our daughter Marie drove us to Glasgow Airport through showery weather, arriving around 11.30. The drop off point is now in the terminal’s multi-story car park opposite because of previous attempts to fire bomb it! Check-in was a doddle because we’d previously booked our seats on-line. No problem with security screening despite David’s walk-on case being full of laptop, cameras, external hard-disc drives, cables, transformers, power adaptors, toiletries ………. and just a few clothes. Following Emirates chaotic queuing arrangements, we departed late but arrived on time at Dubai Airport. It was a little traumatic en route as we bounced over some spectacular electric storms that lit up brooding and menacing storm clouds over …….. Disembarking at the one end of this extremely long but aesthetically pleasing and modern terminal after eight hours
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