It wasn’t the best night sleep though. Not bcos of the sofa bed but I woke up a couple of times in the night and scared myself silly with thoughts related to the concentration camp. Thankfully, no nightmares and I was too lazy to crawl back to the bedroom, where Daddy Lim and the kids were.
I woke up at 6am for my last HiiT. Done! A total of 4 HiiT for a total of 10 days. Not too bad.
We had to leave the accommodation at about 8am to catch the airport bus. I was googling on how to get to the airport and found the express airport bus via Klook. It would be so much easier than trying to figure out the train system and buying tickets. The accommodation was set up as per arrival. Thankfully, we didn’t have to make up the beds.
It was again a warm day of about 10 degrees. We didn’t need the thermals or the outer jackets and could already pack them nicely in the luggage. Out came the 3rd luggage. With the exprsss bus, we didn’t have to worry about fighting with the peak hours crowd or finding space for the luggage on the train.
We found the bus and got to the airport smoothly. The ride took about 55 mins.
We arrived at the airport 3 hours in advance for our 12pm flight, knowing how security and immigration checks can sometimes take forever. The security checks were ok and we didn’t see the immigration, which is not needed for travel within Europe but we must clear immigration to go back to Singapore, right?
This was Nana, packing her catacomb stones and hoping that she wouldn’t get caught at the security check. Nana must have a bad people look. She was stopped in Singapore and also in Germany security checks and had her bag (same bag) swapped for illegal substances.
We eventually found the immigration, which is right before the gates for international flights. We could use the auto gates and got through immigration smoothly too. We had plenty of time for another snacks break. Yes, still eating and rolling.
This was our plane.
The flight was shorter than the flight to Paris but still a good 11.5 hours. Unlike the flight to Paris, where I was exhausted from working hard for the holiday, I just woke up less than 6 hours ago and was very awake. I tried to sleep, twice somemore but failed. I ended up waiting hungrily for dinner.
Then for bfast, which was served about 2 hours before arrival. The kids managed to sleep.
Daylight.
Daddy Lim didn’t manage to sleep too. I caught 3 movies; I think he watched many more. By the way, he was in the middle block of the seats while I sat with the kids and the middle seat for him was empty. How nice…
We survived the flight home. My poor butt! It was already Tuesday morning in Singapore. We came home to Mochi! He survived very well under the sitter’s care, who came 2x a day for 30 mins each and her last visit was on Monday evening.
I think Mochi still recognises us ah. I think.. hoho.
The immediate thing was to unpack and we had 3 loadful of laundry to do. I managed to sneak a 3.5 hrs nap and work up 15 mins before my call at 1pm. Oh yes, my holiday had officially ended and my workday started on Tuesday afternoons on bcos I was trying to save on the annual leave and also work was piling. Thankfully, people had been respectful of my vacation and I didn’t come back to a bursting inbox. I had been clearing my emails almost every other day too while in Europe.
I survived the half workday and jet lag didn’t have a chance to haunt me bcos it was meetings after meetings. I didn’t have time to be jet lag.
Our holidays have ended. Sob.
Mummy Lim
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