Lodz; Saturday, 23 July, 2016
My previous experiences of Ryanair haven’t been great and I hadn’t used them for 7 years or so – during which they had reached their most penny pinching and obnoxious, however this was apparently new Ryanair so I was willing to give them another chance.
Through check-in smoothly and quickly and the same for security and out into departures with around 40 minutes to spare before the gate was due to be announced. I stopped for a quick coffee and a read of my book before the gate number flicked up on the screen.
10-minute walk later and I arrived at the gate, which was already very busy with customers in long queues – which is odd as even Ryanair now assign seats so it wasn’t for the scrum for the best seats (I’d booked far in advance and paid the extra to ensure that I’d already bagged the best seat on the flight). The inbound flight pulled up at the gate and in the smooth precision that is Ryanair the previous passengers were off and we were boarding within 10 minutes. We were all on and ready to go five minutes before our scheduled departure time when the captain announced that there would be an air-traffic control delay.
After nearly 40 minutes of waiting we were finally on our way and it was an uneventful flight over to Lodz. A quick journey through the airport and into a cab into town.
I checked into the hotel, dropped off my stuff and then headed out into town for a long wander. I slowly walked up the main pedestrianised street taking in the different sights, and, given it was already late afternoon, I stopped for a pre-dinner drink.
Wandering further up I ended up by the Plac Wolnosci at the end of the street, by which point I realised that all the bars and restaurants had run out – so after a quick look around here I headed back down the street and found a nice restaurant for dinner.
Dinner completed I walked back down to the hotel and had a quick night cap in the bar before turning in for the evening.
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