Sunday 27 December
Much of the day was spent doing final cleaning and tidying, readying the house for Phoebe and Alex. Definitely not Minuk’s favourite pastime. Nevertheless, it did get done in the end.
We had a leftovers dinner and called for a taxi at 10pm. Remind me to avoid 13CABS in future. Five minutes of constant very irritating jingle before speaking to a person at the call centre. I think they are trying to torture us into using a phone app instead of telephoning.
The taxi arrived only minutes later, piloted by Mohammed, who had an alarming tendency to tailgate. A par for the course $80 cab ride.
We were checked in before 11pm and off through Immigration and security, which now have automatic exit gates. I hit the jackpot of a manual scan of my passport, and the ludicrous full body scanner at security. Best way to do the job at half the pace, and 10 times the cost.
Boarding was on time for the flight, which was at one of the distant gates in the international terminal. A long walk.
Much of the day was spent doing final cleaning and tidying, readying the house for Phoebe and Alex. Definitely not Minuk’s favourite pastime. Nevertheless, it did get done in the end.
We had a leftovers dinner and called for a taxi at 10pm. Remind me to avoid 13CABS in future. Five minutes of constant very irritating jingle before speaking to a person at the call centre. I think they are trying to torture us into using a phone app instead of telephoning.
The taxi arrived only minutes later, piloted by Mohammed, who had an alarming tendency to tailgate. A par for the course $80 cab ride.
We were checked in before 11pm and off through Immigration and security, which now have automatic exit gates. I hit the jackpot of a manual scan of my passport, and the ludicrous full body scanner at security. Best way to do the job at half the pace, and 10 times the cost.
Boarding was on time for the flight, which was at one of the distant gates in the international terminal. A long walk.