Finishing off the trip through 17 October

Emirates is very pleasant flying. We were in the preferred seating section at the front of the plane, much like a Premium Economy in other aircraft, although the seats are standard Economy. I didn’t sleep an awful lot on the way to Dubai. I’d decided to switch to the Western Vegan diet for the meals and they were very tasty indeed. 

Walking around the Dubai airport we had a bit more of a look at the shops and I bought the chocolates I had been planning to get – the same ones I got a couple of years ago.

Our remaining flight to Sydney took off about 30 minutes late; unlike my usual easy settling and getting a bit of good sleep, I was only able to rest quietly, with little sleep. I watched a couple of movies and still didn’t feel too bad when we got into Sydney. Jenny’s bag came first so she headed straight off to get to her Virgin connection. Although we’d picked up time and were pretty much on schedule arriving, she was aware that she needed to move quickly to get to bag drop and through Emigration to Departures. The plane ended up taking of 1hr 38mins late: very stressful for Jenny and she missed her Taupo connection as a result. She had let me know she was looking like missing it, so I booked her on the Rotorua connection because there was no way she could have managed to stay overnight in Auckland.

I had a quick train ride back to Engadine and Al picked me up at Maccas where I had messaged him from the only lifeline I had – my laptop. Jane wasn’t here when I arrived, but she had left a lovely thank you card. She knew I was expecting her to be here because she had promised to wait for my fridge delivery while I went to get a new phone in Miranda. She soon came back, with her current house sit being a few streets away in Engadine. I found out the fridge wasn’t coming till late afternoon, so we said our good byes and she left again. I went to Miranda to get a replacement phone and did some unpacking before the fridge arrived.

Last event for the day to finish off the trip – I went to Ballroom class as a help to keep me awake until normal bedtime. It worked! I fell asleep sitting up in bed, having my supper and reading my Bible!

All thanks and praise to our Loving God who kept us both safe and gave us lots of wonderful memories. Thank you to all those who followed us on this blog - it was nice to have your company and I hope you enjoyed a little taste of Italy and France!