Hi there! Pickle Deli Square is a collection of my experiences living, eating, and traveling the world. Currently an expat based in Valencia, on the Mediterranean coast of Spain.
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In for a quick bite of salmon jaw at Air China’s Star Alliance Gold lounge in Shanghai Pudong Airport, before my flight back to Europe.
A hotel mainly catering to domestic travelers, Shanghai Hotel was kind of a blast from the past. And as the first hotel designed, built, and managed by Chinese people since China’s Opening and Reform when it opened in 1982, it really was a hotel from the past!
Lunchtime aboard China Eastern / Shanghai Airlines’s Boeing 737-800 from Xi’an to Shanghai Hongqiao.
One of the nicest hotels I’ve stayed at, featuring a supremely comfortable and practical room, and an enormous breakfast spread featuring local dishes.
A nice spread of Chinese food at the Air China domestic lounge in Beijing provided a substantial lunch, followed by a warm snack aboard a Boeing 737-800 from Beijing to Xi’an.
A pleasant flight from Frankfurt to Beijing with nice touches, like a printed menu. Hey, why doesn’t Lufthansa hand these out on transatlantic flights!?
A pretty good showing for lunch, at the AENA-operated shared airport lounge, which is also open to Priority Pass cardholders. Also, Madrid-Frankfurt, being just a bit farther than Valencia-Frankfurt, meant a hot meal rather than a snack on Lufthansa!
When Preferente (first class) is cheaper than Turista (economy class), why not book the more spacious seat, with complimentary breakfast?
A quick stop at the United Club at Washington-Dulles, and then on to Frankfurt, with another vegetarian entree choice. Indian for dinner three nights in a row!
A last minute rebook put me all the way in the back of Economy near the lavatories from San Diego to Washington-Dulles, but I still got my choice of breakfast, and I learned a new trick for watching movies and TV on my phone.
Entering the secret society of the vegetable curry option and the clandestine cheese sandwich, on United’s transatlantic Economy service.
