This was my very first flight out of the Philippines. We had a tour of Europe visiting countries of France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy (we only visited Venice and did not go forward to Florence, Milan, Pisa, and Rome instead went back to France. We did visited Italy the following year.),and the Netherlands.

Speaking of the flight out and back of Manila it was fine. Good in flight entertainment, good food, and the flight was smooth. We were supposed to go to Hong Kong from Rome but instead we did it from Paris. The office of Cathay in Paris did our flight from there to Hong Kong without hassle. Before heading back to Manila we stopped in Hong Kong for 3 nights. There was an hour delay in our flight back home but it was fine.