Final days France

And so we spend our final days of our trip getting our things packed and Bluey ready. We get new front brakes at Point S in Beynost. This year the end is a bit different because we are leaving Bluey with my cousin. We hope that they can enjoy travelling in Bluey as much as we do. Once again we are spoilt with their lovely hospitality.

The washing machine found in supermarket car parks are very handy for us.

Doing the extensive hydrochloric acid clean up.

Wonderful company and delicious food as always ..

Traditional coffee bowl for breakfast 

Yummy

Pretty autumn colours

Passing on the reigns.

First time sitting in the back for Mark.

Bye bye Bluey you are in safe hands until next year 

Rego reads 116319.. so this years trip was 9745km over 91 days

Final farewells. We appreciate them dropping us off so early at the train station in Lyon (wake up 4:30am). This year our homeward journey will truly be train, plane and automobile! 

It’s always a bittersweet moment as we leave. We remember all wonderful times and places we have been but we are also excited to see our beautiful family. But we have more adventures to look forward to next year.

And the long journey begins… only another 28 hours …

This year we just went home with our suitcases with wheels for easier manoeuvrability from train to plane.

Very comfy. The journey would be just over 2 hours getting us to the airport 3 hours before our flight. It was a bit risky to do it the same day as our flight due to possible delays or cancellations but all went well, even tho I did stress over it. We had pre bought our 2 x 1st class tickets for €147.

The train arrives in Terminal 2 and so we had to make our way to the ‘navette’ (a small train) that travels between the terminals and car parks. We arrived at Terminal 1 with plenty of time, breezed through security and then relaxed before we had to board the plane.

We had seats in Premium Economy which offered a little bit more room to stretch out. We managed a few hours sleep,

Bye bye Europe…

Due to the flight being rescheduled by 45mins earlier, it gaves us more time at Changi airport than our past lay overs. So we took the opportunity to use our 2 lounge free passes included with our credit card. We enjoyed our showers and got a small bite to eat as we weren’t really hungry or in the mood for the alcoholic drinks..then to the gate to wait to board the plane for our second leg.

Hello Melbourne. We arrived at 6pm on Saturday and had our booked driver take us home.

As per usual, I will do a few stats on the trip…when I have a bit of time.