Post Holiday

So, how has our Europe trip been? Overall, I would say that it was a wonderful experience – we had been to a part of the world that we have never step foot on, we survived a long haul flight and didn't missed our connecting flight and we had the priceless opportunity to spend a few days with ah yee. This trip had been the longest in my life (8 days previously) and we all missed home towards the end, especially Lil Isaac who cant wait to sleep in his bed with his old socks buddy. It would have been even more enjoyable if Lil Isaac could have cooperated, behaved and walked more. At the end of the trip, I didn't mind coming back to work and spend some time without the kids. Lol.

We survived pretty well after the trip. Popo had a table of home-cooked Chinese food waiting for us back home and we gulped all the food down. It was simply delicious and different from the constant bread and cold cuts. On Sunday night, we went to bed at 9ish Singapore time and could sleep. Daddy Lim already knocked out way before that given that he barely slept on the plane to watch his 4 movies. Zzzz… The kids played together nicely before bed too. Hehe.

The kids did suffer a little from jetlag and woke up in the middle of the night. Lil Shauna woke up at 1ish and didn't go back to sleep until about 3am. Lil Isaac woke up at 2am to ask for the toilet and milk but was easy to go back to lala land. I heard Lil Isaac woke up at 6.30am on Monday morning whereas Popo had to pull Lil Shauna from bed at 9.30am – not strange given that she was walking around in the house in the middle of the night. Lol. 

Daddy Lim and I went back to work the following Monday and didn't die at work. In fact, I didn't feel jetlag but could barely keep my eyes opened at 9pm on Tuesday night. Maybe jetlagging takes a while to kick in. Nevertheless, we survived.

I definitely like London better than Paris, given that the people are nicer, the roads wider and cleaner, less smokers and everything is in English. Haha. I think we should have more time in London and there are so much more to explore. Geneva is basically boring. Lol. 

Now that we are sure that we can survive the 13 hours flight, it gave me fresh hopes that we could soon visit ah yee again. The next time, we will make sure that we have direct flights. My poor heart cannot take the stress of chasing after connecting flights. Should I have the chance to go to Geneva again for meeting next year, Daddy Lim and I agreed that we should send him and the kids to Paris 1st. They can definitely find more things to do in Paris than Geneva. Daddy Lim even gamely said that he could fly later with the kids to Paris to meet me after my meeting. I am impressed! Let’s just hope that my future trips could fall nicely during school holidays. 

Regrets? The adults could have mingled more during the nights in Paris. We didn't get a chance to go to those underground tunnels in Paris. We aren’t careful enuff and lost a lot of money in Geneva, which I had already submitted the insurance claims and waiting for the claim officer to come back to me. I didn't buy any LV bags from Paris (hehe). We could have done more homework and do more exploration in London. I am not too concerns with the regrets though bcos we could go back and do those next time. Haha.

We survived! Now, I shall start planning the upcoming Taipei trip after I have settled down. Hmmm… what comes after Taipei??!! I am a sucker for holidays.

Mummy Lim