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 We made it.  Crikey.  It was long.

After a happy/sad farewell to our little piece of paradise, we were sister-chauffeured to the airport (thanks Sis), everything went smoothly - the Singapore flight to Singapore on the A380 was AWESOME!  So much room down the back of the plane - arrived pretty fresh in the evening in Singapore to a great hotel with THE BEST SHOWER I'VE EVER HAD!!  OMG - it was like standing under the Iguacu Falls - SO SO SO GOOD.  A wander around Singapore the next morning - and another shower was needed (oh the humidity).  Then the next leg.

Dear lord.  The 13 hour leg in economy.  On a smaller plane.  Gruesome, it looked a lot like the movie Nosferatu (dracula horror flick) I watched on the plane!  I was dracula.

But, we made it.  Apart from the immigration system crash when we arrived in Paris, and taking 90 minutes to get out of the airport, and the usual plane tantrum, it actually all went really smoothly.  We are so excited to be heading to Cambridge to see Lily, and of course to eat scones for a couple of days, then back here to our friends in France, get the bikes together and head off on The Big Bike Year.



Welcome to Singapore


Best shower ever - The Iguacu Falls Shower (yes, I'm tacky enough to take a pic)



Mike eating his chausson aux pommes (apple turnover) this morning


I'm having a great time with Orangina, coffee, and a snail at Paul's at the airport.  Yum Yum!


This is where we are now as I type - ready for Cambridge. Bring it on.







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