Day Ten - Catania to London




And that's a wrap. I feel as if I have been away for ages which is amazing considering I have slept for most of the time.  

All packed and surprisingly, I managed to get the suitcase down all those stairs.  It reminded me of a scene in the film The Lost Daughter with Olivia Coleman.  In the film, she is going home and has had enough and can't be arsed to carry her case down the stairs, so just throws it!  I have actually done that before, but today I was more civilised.

Waited for the Airport Bus and it soon arrived and was quite busy for early morning.  Got to the airport, dumped my case, sailed through security and sat and waited, listening to the radio and the build up for Glastonbury. All very exciting for numerous reasons.

We were late boarding and then we could not take off because of a backlog of flights.  The Captain seemed a jolly fellow and invited the children and 'older' children to the flight deck to have a look.  This made me so happy as all this stopped after 9/11 and it was so good to see the excited children and I have to say mainly Fathers, go and take a look.  I would have loved to have gone as I would have had 1001 questions, but I did not.

Needless to say we arrived back at Gatwick and hour late.  I then had to wait an hour to get through passport control and for my bags to come off the plane.  Taxi driver was waiting and the journey home took ages.  I finally got back to my flat around 5.00pm.  It has been a long day but I am now sitting here, feet up and watching the wonderful Crowded House at Glastonbury.  All is well.

Thank you for sharing my travels with me and remember there is a whole world out there to explore.  It would be rude not to!

As always, with my love.

Karen x 

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