It’s 7.26am and we’re on TUI Boeing 737 somewhere up in the sky and hour away from Glasgow, on our way to Dubrovnik.

We have been up since 2am!

Minor anxiety when Mr A seemed to have misplaced the passports before 3am. I bought a wee wallet to keep them in but he wanted to carry them…. Without the wee wallet… They’re now in my bag minus the wee wallet which is still in the house. Just saying 😬

Thankfully the car started despite the engine management light on the dash and we were on our way. It was wet and windy this morning. I have actually packed a waterproof jacket. You can never be too prepared. Hey even I sniggered at that. I hear myself.

We parked at Direct Parking which is the car park that closed due to Covid and has recently reopened. It was seamless. I paid £63.70 to park there for a week. Two days later they returned that £63.70 but we were still booked to park.

Despite the fact that I love travelling and want to do nothing more with my life, you’re probably not surprised that none of it comes easy to me. I am a ball of anxiety and even now my stomach is still churning. I’m on high alert. I have very little focus. My mild state of panic doesn’t allow me to calmly search for any documentation that’s needed.

I flap.

We go to self serve bag drop with our sub 20kg cases…. I’d brought the scales home from work to weigh them. Mentally high fiving us for being way under the allocated 20kgs.

That is if you have booked 2 lots of 20kg luggage…..

🫣

I had not.

I had only booked luggage for me.

Not Craig.

I’m not sure how that is even possible.

I booked this well over a year ago.

I know how I’ve missed it in all the anxiety checking and double checking as my booking is first with the correct luggage and you have to swipe right to see Craig’s with ZERO luggage.

I never swiped right.

£154 that’s one hundred and fifty four pounds we’ve just had to pay to get Craig’s luggage on board.

Gutted but surprisingly calm as there is nothing we can actually do about it.

We can be raging and as angry as we like but it is what it is.

Security is busier than I have ever seen it at Glasgow but then we don’t take holiday flights very often.

We go for a Pret breakfast. She who doesn’t normally eat until 12.30pm is ravenous at 4.35am. 😆

Breakfast was only £24 and quite honestly isn’t worth it.

The flight is on time and you’ll be pleased to know I have the emergency exit control 🫣 the price I pay for Craig’s extra leg room. I can’t even find my flight booking in moments of flap but you trust me to take control of the over wing door?!?! 😆

When I was a kid I couldn’t say Julie and Tui was my nickname as that was all I could manage!

Tired plane selfie.

Glasgow after take off.

Mid air.

We arrived in Dubrovnik at 9.10am after a fair bit of very cloudy turbulence. I was glad to be on the ground.

The queue to get through passport control was massive and it took us an hour to clear! Gone are the days pre Brexit where we could walk through the EU channel. 😆

We are staying in Cavtat which is a 9 minute transfer from the airport. Our room wasn’t ready until 2pm so we went for a wander down into the town. We’re right on the water.

We went for a walk round the peninsula. It’s just so beautiful.

This is a good view of the town from the other peninsula.

We’ve found a new favourite bar. The Bay Beach Bar. That’s it in the foreground.

Check the feet in this lovely photo 😆😆😆 didn’t realise until after I’d taken it!

Had an early dinner and we sat watching the sunset.

We haven’t been on a sunshine holiday together for sooooo long.

It’s much cooler at night and there’s a chance I’m a bit underdressed now. The sun went down at 6.30pm which is 5.30 our time.

Check the plane coming into land. They look much larger in real life!

I’m only able to sit here and write this right now as Glasgow Rangers are playing Malmo in the Europa Cup and this is the stunning location I get to watch it in.

I have a million more photos but my phone feels pretty hot after writing this.

And relax…. What to do tomorrow?!

Chance I may not come home. 😆

Stay safe everyone 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✈️🇭🇷