A Different Kind Of Trip Report: Introduction

All the best to your family Lucky. Hope everything turns out fine.

Those Mezze look great by the way.

I'm loving the new plan!

I hope your family is ok. Was it easy to rebook the EK flight DFW-DXB to a later date? I'm guessing it was? Either way, I'm excited for you guys and safe travels! Oh and it's also good to know you can successfully sleep upright! I know I normally do so (but only when I fly in economy, which is the majority of my flights! 😉

Oh and we missed you at FTU DC!

Being based on Middle East, I had Mezze many times in the plane (Gulf air, Etihad, Qatar, Egypt Air etc.) but that Mezze presentation in the pic is something ! All the best for family and health.

Joey,

I don't think Lucky rescheduled his DFW-DXB flight which was originally booked for Saturday as he mentions that on Thursday he got the medical emergency news, Friday he spent at the Hospital in Tampa and decided to go ahead with the trip on the insistence of his family members.

I've recently became a big, big fan of your blog and have been catching up with all your trip reports! This new series sounds like it will definitely be a super cool one, but at the same time, I really hope that your family members are perfectly okay! Meanwhile, I am looking forward to your great reports, as usual!

@jessie

You must have only experienced the most basic mezze spreads if that impresses you...

Thanks Lucky for finding the time to share another one of your trip reports, hope your family are ok. Can't wait to read more about the trip.

Dat 2005 vintage tho!!

I spotted A6-EEQ flying EK222 on Saturday at DFW. I you want to see a picture, you can look on Instagram at @dallasfortworthspotter or email me if you want them

I hope everything turns out well for your family.

Looking forward to this trip report!

Great idea! Always nice to mix it up on the blog, and we are all ready for some new trip reports!

Hope all will be well at home Ben. Have fun this trip & can't wait to follow your reports.

Awesome. Don't forget to tell us which card came in handy for which activity and include the links to the card so we can immediately apply for the cards and dream we are on the same trip.

BTW all the best to family.

Thanks SS! I thought Lucky rescheduled the EK flight because he wrote "We were supposed to fly from Dallas to Dubai in Emirates first class on Saturday.."
Either way, it looks like they are doing well on their dream trip! I hope the family is ok.

Oh good, another Emirates F trip report...

@ Lucky - hope all turns out to be well!

Look forward to the trip report. I guess, it will be a bit of a mix of "first impressions" and regular trip reports.

@wwk5d

no worry, I have experienced lavish mezze in many quality restaurants across the Middle East, I was saying that mezze presentation in the plane (of the pic) is very cute. You're quite a turnoff.

You should ask for a refund then if your standards let you think that is cute mezze. That is about as basic and bland as mezze gets.

@wwk5d

What an overbearing downer you are. If you need a chance to brag about your mezze expertise or something, look into some food websites, instead of tackling around others' thoughts.

I'm sorry if you find my comments as being a downer (maybe you need thicker skin?), but hey, as someone from the region,, it is good to point out to people some of the finer aspects of food culture in the Middle East. Higher standards and all. I mean, if the mezze presentations on the Emirates, Eithad, and Qatar are a high point in Levantine cuisine, the God help us all.

I hope it would be ryanair/easyjet report when first looking the title

"I’ll be writing the trip report “live,” meaning I’ll be writing each installment a day or two after each flight, hotel stay, etc."

This should be the way all the time, frankly.

Yes, I agree with Him, you should try flying Ryanair and then write up a TR on it.