An afternoon sleep is always a risk and yesterday I lost. Another horrible nights sleep means that today is going to be painful.

Getting a Bolt at 5:30 on a Sunday morning took 2 minutes and there looked to be plenty of cars free on the app. No traffic and quickly to the airport.

Otopeni airport on this particular Sunday morning was very quiet. Security, whilst still a free for all, was far less of a zoo than usual. Passport control lines were only two deep. All in all I went from kerb to lounge in just under 25 minutes which is definitely a record for me and I’d think it would be hard to beat that time with the airport in normal operation.

Into the business class lounge which is also quiet




No sooner had I sat down with a brace of coffees than all the lights went out! Emergency lighting kicked in immediately and a few seconds later the concourse started to re-illuminate



with about forty minutes to boarding it is time for a couple of coffees whilst watching the world go by.