On 22 nd June, 2019 I travelled to Bonn in Germany for the first time using an Emirates flight at 21 25 from Kenneth Kaunda International Airport in Lusaka. A few weeks before I travelled I had an operation to remove a cataract in my right eye. The doctor allowed me to travel, advising me to continue using the eye drops I had and also try to see an eye specialist in Germany. The purpose of this trip was to attend a UNESCO-UNEVOC Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Leadership Programme for 2 weeks from 24 th June to 5 th July. The flight to Bonn was via Dubai, a journey that took 8 hours. On the trip I did some reading, typing, reading, eating and some sleeping. The airline crew lived up to their reputation of great hospitality. Just that being on a big plane and their rule of serving meals to those in first class first, followed by those in business class and followed by those of us in economy class meant that hunger was almost at its peak by the time I got someth...
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