Our very last day - Yesterday

This final entry of my short blog is written looking back, because I am home now.

Yesterday we got up and had our last breakfast buffet. We then headed down to the pool for a final swim before going back up to our rooms to pack our bags for leaving. I didn't go in the pool but apparently the water was very cold - not my idea of pleasant and relaxing.

After our bags were packed, we called a cab (another dreaded London cab with no seatbelt) and headed for the airport. We said goodbye to Mum and Dad, who were jumping on another plane and having an extended holiday, and checked our bags in. We then went and had a look at the two butterfly gardens within the airport.

The outdoor rooms were huge and spacious, and there were hundreds of butterflies of different sizes and colours, fluttering high and low. There was also a glass cage with rows of chrysalis's inside, waiting to become butterflies, when they will be let out and free to fly around with the other butterflies.

At one stage a woman came over to me with a butterfly on her hand, and put it on my hand. It was so light in weight, and just stayed there without moving, even if I moved my arm. After a while I gently lowered it onto a log because it was time for us to get going.

This time we flew with Singapore Airlines. Much to my relief the aisle chair did fit down the aisle this time, and the staff were very helpful with transferring me across to my seat. Unlike the seat on the Scoot flight, my Singapore airlines seat was extremely comfortable, and I settled in and relaxed, ready for the 8 hour flight home.

Dinner came shortly after take off, which was delayed by an hour because of some sort of engine fault or something. I had braised chicken and rice (a different dish to the one on the way here though) with beans and carrots, and after dinner I closed my eyes and snoozed until we landed in Sydney.

It had been a great few days away, but there's no place like home!