Hello all!

So here I am, in the Emirates lounge at Bangkok. I arrived at the airport 4 hours before my flight (I'm always too excited to sleep before I fly so I get up very early anyway) and the check-in desks were closed, however I only had to wait 20 minutes or so for them to open.

The First Class desk had no one at it so I checked in at the Business Class desk. Not very friendly staff but perfectly professional so no problems there. I received a voucher for the premium security and immigration queues - there were only three other people in either queue so all was very speedy.
The lounge is quite a walk from check-in, however I must say that it's very pleasant. I've just had some chicken schnitzel with mashed potato and vegetables (and lashings of Heinz ketchup which I adore - I'm a philistine I know). This was very tasty indeed although could have been hotter. I had a glass of Pomerol with it which was very good too. I followed with a slice of overly-sweet lemon meringue pie which I couldn't finish.

I'm not going to have any more alcohol until closer to departure because if I start now I'll be too tired to enjoy the flight and the wines on it. So now I've settled down with a glass of coke and several newspapers and magazines. My first English paper for three months - what a treat!!! More to follow...