Paris
May 20th 2008 It's the point of no return on Ryan Air. I fasten my seatbelt, VERY TIGHTLY and we take off. Miraculously we make it to cruising altitude without losing an engine of part of the fuselage. I decide that I need a drink. After all it may be my last. I look at the menu and see that the prices of beer is right over the top. I didn’t realise we had it so good in Oz. I order a soda water for 1.8 Euros.
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