13^th October, 2013... and we’re home!

No, there’s no entry for the 12^th. We left Paris on the evening of the 11^th and now it’s the 13^th... and everything in between is a bit of a blur!

From Paris, it’s a 6-ish hour flight to Dubai, then a 4-hour wait for our connecting flight. Not too bad but not long enough to go anywhere, so we had a look around the shops at the terminals and tried to deal with the fact that our body clocks thought it was the middle of the night while it was clearly blazing daylight outside! Dubai airport is big and brash, and could be fun to explore if you weren’t half asleep and just wanting to go home!

The final flight for this trip was 14 hours... that’s a long time, so we tried to get as much sleep as possible. There were several toddlers on the flight who were not happy at all and wanted to make sure that everyone knew about it. Their parents weren’t happy either and were doing their best to keep the kids quiet but it wasn’t the most comfortable flight for anyone. Did see some dramatic desert views out the window after leaving Dubai.

We arrived back in Sydney early in the morning. So bright, and so warm! We planned to catch the airport link train to Central, but there’s trackwork today so trains are being replaced with buses. Fine with us, saved us the ridiculous airport station fee! No charge for the bus. At Central we had quite a wait for our train so we stopped for a milkshake. Then we just had to stay awake enough to get off at our station, and here we are at home! It’s been an absolutely amazing holiday.