Laura joined us for our last breakfast at the Interpolitan Cafe before leaving Australia. We took a walk up and down the Corso admiring the Australian Souveniers and window shopping. We finished packing up our four suitcases. When we came to Australia we had four suitcases but two of them were empty. Now they were filled with wine, candy, stuffed animals and other Australian goodies. We hugged Laura and got into the van at 12 noon. She'll be back home in just over three weeks, just in time for a snowy New England Christmas. There was a lady on the van that was traveling to Brisbane. She was telling us that she just came back from New Zealand and said it was beautiful. Tony and I would like to visit Australia again someday but probably would do a cruise so we can see more of the country.
When we got to the airport we passed through emigration without a problem and waited for the flight that was leaving about 4 O'clock in the afternoon. There were lots of empty seats on the United flight so we got to stretch out a bit. I moved into the center section where I had two seats. At least on this plane I could see the video screen even though they showed some of the same movies they showed on the way to Australia. I watched Wall-E and Henry Poole again and then fell asleep. I even missed the delicious dinner. Tony had chicken. The flight went pretty quickly (considering it was over 13 hours) and we arrived in San Francisco at about 9 AM California time. We had to get out luggage to bring them through customs and went through without a problem. We called Laura to tell her we arrived but didn't realize it was only 5 AM in Australia.
Tony had soup and a I bought a turkey sandwich at the Bourdin bakery at the airport. That was our Thanksgiving dinner. It was very good. We got on another plane and arrived four and a half hours later in Washington DC. We called Brian and he said he would pick us up in Boston. We arrived in Boston at 11:30 PM. It was about 20 hours of time in the air. My ankles were swolen but I wasn't feeling too tired. I had a lot of naps on the plane.
We are looking forward for our girls to come home. Stella will come home today and Laura will be here on December 21st. We had a wonderful time visiting Laura in Australia. She was a great tour guide and we enjoyed visiting her school and meeting some of her friends. Manly is a beautiful town, Sydney was a big, clean city with plenty to see, and the Australians we met were very friendly and helpful. It was a great vacation.
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