My penultimate day in NZ became a Gran’ma Tyler day as he decided he needed a day with me before I took off!
It was a fun day as finally the sun came out and the tide was out …. For a two hour beach adventure!
Coming across this giant jellyfish (marooned) on the sand banks..
We then baked and chatted until all the team arrived for a fish and chip dinner…
Thursday was cleaning and packing day, with an NBA finals game to watch thrown in the mix while folding washing!
It was then farewell and Jaxon dropped me to the airport around 8,30 pm… to go through the airport process for a midnight flight!
The airport was extremely quiet at this time on a Thursday night and the processes seamless! I didn’t even get my usual customs pat down and bag search!
Leaving a cold wet New Zealand is brightened by this Perspex creation fill with the iconic NZ Buzzy Bee!! Hundreds of them.
Leg one of the journey – 10.5 hours to Singapore was as expected, full, a few hours sleep and a couple of uninteresting meals at either end!
Then a four hour wait before boarding an Air France (14 hour) flight to Paris… no choice of seats and was allocated the second to last (near back of plane) aisle seat in the middle row…all around me full!
I know I have said many times – I just suck up the cattle class travel and get to my destination… but as the seats have got smaller (or my legs longer which I doubt) the flight attendants have got larger (an aisle seat meaning many knocks as they bustle back and forward) one toilet at back of plane (meaning the punters hang around your tiny space for a lot longer) meanwhile poor dad is walking the crying baby up and down the aisles for the duration! Needless to say, the noise cancelling earphones only dulled the activity and I arrived at my friends in Paris around 8pm Friday feeling like a zombie just woke from an eight hour sleep!
One job pending is to search for a new suitcase as mine arrived in Paris somewhat worse the wear like its owner….and will not survive the journeys to come – my repair stitching job only instigated half the case ripping open… it just lasted intact enough not to burst fully and catapult Kevin’s Vegemite around the airport!
All who wander are not Lost girls 