[Albion] Albion spotted in Amsterdam already!

[Bozza]

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View from our room

Our hotel is very close to there - is that the Hampton by Hilton?

 

[Seagull58]

On the same plane at the back. Some women with large lips in front are saying how their mate's passport was expired and she wasn't allowed on, hence the hold up

Are they wearing extremely tight leggings?

 

[WhingForPresident]

Are they wearing extremely tight leggings?

Yup. Like a fish head poking out of a bin bag full of cottage cheese.

 

[WhingForPresident]

Totally empty at border security now!

 

[ozzygull]

Fly out from Heathrow at 8:20 tommorow morning. Bag packed, travel bear and passport already in it. Can't wait. Soooooo excited.

 

[Stumpy Tim]

Fly out from Heathrow at 8:20 tommorow morning. Bag packed, travel bear and passport already in it. Can't wait. Soooooo excited.

See you on that flight - Seat 8C wearing my European top with Ansu Fati on the back.

 

[Is it PotG?]

What a vista!

Sports Bar beckons.

 

[rigton70]

It exactly the 10k estimates then

Now filling up all I can hear around the red light district is Albion. Oh and it’s pissing down

 

[heathgate]

WHAT a comment! I mean, f**king hell!

So before Brexit, what was the cause of the many long queues inbound and outbound we all had to endure?... EU or no EU?

 

[WhingForPresident]

Just got to the Grasshopper, filled with Albion Lovely stuff

 

[Wozza]

So before Brexit, what was the cause of the many long queues inbound and outbound we all had to endure?... EU or no EU?

Hold up... hold up... are you denying queues for Brits travelling to Europe are longer post-Brexit?

 

[dwayne]

Bloody weather is gruesome. Need to get wasted and fast.

Restaurant wise for those that are interested (@Herr Tubthumper).... Mr porter tonight.

 

[WhingForPresident]

Bloody weather is gruesome. Need to get wasted and fast.

Restaurant wise for those that are interested (@Herr Tubthumper).... Mr porter tonight.

Had to invest in an umbrella from one of those tourist shops for €15, it is proper grim.

 

[Midget]

Trying to outsing the music in the Slainte

 

[heathgate]

Hold up... hold up... are you denying queues for Brits travelling to Europe are longer post-Brexit?

In my flying experience in the last 5 years, I have had long queues, no queues, and medium queues.... inbound and outbound.... so the point I was making was that there have always been queues at airports, security is almost always a pig, Brexit has changed the queue we stand in from a passport perspective, but my own experience flying economy class to dozens and dozens of destinations in EU and beyond, is that the timings are often not much different post and pre-brexit.... if you arrive just as 6 other flights arrive, you wait,... if you are the only flight, you get through relatively painlessly.

 

[HeaviestTed]

Had to invest in an umbrella from one of those tourist shops for €15, it is proper grim.

if you sit in a cafe getting stoned and drunk then the weather does not matter.

 

[HeaviestTed]

Airports have queues this thread should focus more on the exciting things like spliffs and prostitutes than queues!

 

[rigton70]

I’m in cafe corso about ten fans in only three have tickets

 

[heathgate]

Airports have queues this thread should focus more on the exciting things like spliffs and prostitutes than queues!

Indeed

 

[Wozza]

In my flying experience in the last 5 years, I have had long queues, no queues, and medium queues.... inbound and outbound.... so the point I was making was that there have always been queues at airports, security is almost always a pig, Brexit has changed the queue we stand in from a passport perspective, but my own experience flying economy class to dozens and dozens of destinations in EU and beyond, is that the timings are often not much different post and pre-brexit.... if you arrive just as 6 other flights arrive, you wait,... if you are the only flight, you get through relatively painlessly.

I'd really love to hear specific examples from you to back this up.

I mean, I've been on two cross-channel ferries post-Brexit and the wait to get through passport control in France has easily doubled.

Previously, Brits were waved through. Now every passenger has to be checked, passports stamped etc. That obviously takes extra time.

Just last week I went to Stockholm. On arrival, EU passengers whooshed through. Max wait time 5min. UK travellers from two planes spread across four or so lanes, with every passport checked, every passenger questioned. We waited at least 45min in a queue.

Also, "security almost always a pig"? I once travelled to Greece on the day my passport expired and (after 15min questioning/checks) was allowed to fly back on an expired passport!

It was blatantly much easier and quicker to travel in the EU when we were part of it. Only a fool would suggest otherwise.