If you are a frequent reader,  you will know I recently wrote about an adventure I had planned in the beautiful German City of Stuttgart. If you missed out, check it here!

So, the morning had come to get myself down to the airport where I was staying overnight before an early flight heading for the skies.

Heading to Heathrow

I had stayed in a little place a couple of miles from the airport which wasn’t quite what I was expecting; but pleasantly so.

Using Booking.com I had reserved a room at the London Heathrow Airport Rooms H.C by C&P which turned out to be a residential house that had been turned into private en-suite rooms.

Everything was clean, tidy and fresh and the bed was fantastic. The shower room had all the facilities and toiletries you would expect in a normal hotel but was a lot quieter!

London Heathrow Airport Rooms H.C by C&P

Whilst driving there, I had spotted a couple of pubs to try and get some dinner before an early bedtime. I spotted a Fullers Pub (a brand I love) but it was around 20 minutes away. I finally turned into the road where I was going to be staying and found that there was a very busy pub/restaurant on the corner, literally a 2 minute walk away.

Arriving on the driveway of the residential looking house, I was given a special electronic code to open the door and which room number I was to occupy. The only downside was lugging my heavy case upstairs on my own.

The upside was the room was spacious, clean and airy and the en-suite was clean and well stocked. I decided to have a bit of a rest before heading for dinner.

Room for 3!

Checking the restaurant out on google/trip advisor I was amazed to see it had massive reviews and that it was a really busy place. Well, I would have to go and check it out after my nap.

An hour later, I showered, dressed and walked across to The Pheasant The night was very warm and the place was packed, both inside and out. There was an extensive outdoor seating area as well as a separate restaurant. As I was dining solo I opted to have my meal in the pub. I ordered a drink, looked at the huge menu for a while and then went to join the queue to order.

I have to say, I took one look at the queue and considered leaving. It was about 40 customers deep. But then I realise, if the queue was that deep, it must be popular and the food good. I opted to get another drink and hope the queue died down a little. Twenty minutes later and it looked a little better so I got up to queue.

Thirty minutes later I was still queuing, but eventually I got to the front and placed my order. Cheese and Bacon Burger with a side order of Onion rings. I was told the food would be around 15 minutes but I found that hard to believe when there were so many people waiting.

However, true to their word my freshly cooked dinner came out around 15 minutes later. And boy could I tell it was fresh. And huge!

Huge portions and great prices

The burger was out of this world, as were the accompaniments. The onion rings could have been a meal all on their own.

Could have been a main course!

I tried my best. I really did. But it was to no avail! The portion was just so big I had no chance of ever finishing it. But I gave it a good go.

Defeated

Then it was time to retreat back to my rooms for a good night sleep before the alarm went off at 5 am. Night everyone.

So, did I get a good night sleep and wake up feeling fresh and good to go?

Did I hell as.

I spent the whole night tossing and turning, worrying about my suitcase, worrying about missing my flight, worrying about going to the wrong place. I literally had no sleep at all and so when the alarm went off, I looked as rough as old boots.

It was not a good night

Showering and getting ready, the make-up bag really helped and I didn’t look quite so ghastly. I lugged my case downstairs and got into the car. Following the sat nav to the location of the parking, I pulled up at the gatehouse of where I thought I should be only to find it was staff parking only and I was in totally the wrong place.

Make-up helps!

Did I pull up my big girl pants and set off to find it? Nope. The anxiety hit me, I had a mini panic attack and got upset thinking I would miss my plane (which didn’t depart for nearly 3 hours yet)

Found the car park. Eventually

Eventually I pulled myself together, started the car and went off to find the place I needed to be. Ten minutes later, I was in and had found a pretty good space. This was also near the bus pick up point that would take me to terminal 2. Result.

I got there!

Around ten minutes later and the bus still hadn’t arrived. I was getting a bit worried that it was never going to come and then three turned up together; the old saying was totally true.

Ten minutes later and I was entering the departure hall of terminal 2 and heading for the check in desks.

Except I couldn’t find mine.

Eurowings were supposed to be manning 5 desks yet only one was open and this was marked for VIP and business class. So where was I to go?

I really was starting to panic. Time was ticking on and I just didn’t know where to go. This time I did pull on my big girl pants and went up to the VIP desk and ask where the regular desks were, explaining that I had never travelled before and was exceedingly anxious. The lovely check in agent told me not to worry, took my printed check-in documents and told me that he would sort everything for me. Wow – what a great service.

Even when my case was nearly half a kilo over, he didn’t worry about it. He gave me my tickets and my luggage stub and told me to have a wonderful time in Stuttgart.

I went through security. One of my pet hates as I always get stopped. It is always the wires in my bras; a miracle of engineering themselves yet it always sets the scanners off. Thankfully a quick search and I was done and through.

Actually through and into the waiting area. I had about an hour to wait until my gate was announced so I sat down, took my medication and tried to chill out with my book.

The hour passed really quickly and my gate was called. I grabbed my bag and headed to the departure gate which was around 5 minutes away. Before I knew it they were calling us onto the plane.

4th row – no seat mates

I had pre-booked my seat in the first row behind business seats. This gave me extra leg room, a sandwich or cake, water and also a beverage of choice. All for an extra £5.00.

Snack time

As it happened there was no-one else in my row so I had it all to myself along with a tasty cheese sandwich. Perfect really.

Yum!

The flight took approximately 1 hour 40 minutes and before I knew it I was landing on German soil ready to take the first step in my adventures.

Guten Morgen Stuttgart

Watch this space for all the adventures I had whilst there.

Till next time,

SPSG xxx