Gismo Queen and her King

Home, sweet, Home

After a very early start last Thursday from Genk, Greg and I caught a number of trains to the airport in Brussels (Frans, you're right - that 4 minute changeover time for trains in Leuven is not enough - we made the train by the skin of our teeth!) for the short flight to London. Time for a bit of shopping at Harrods before we met up with Marg for the longer flight to Hong Kong and then Melbourne. A quick stock up on alcohol at the duty free shop in Melbourne before we came through customs, and a short visit by Tracey to the quarantine officer (cheese and chocolates!), but we eventually came out on the home side to be picked up by Mum and Dad.

Some of us slept OK that first night, and we had a reasonably quiet day on Saturday, catching up on washing, and welcoming the animals home! Marg and I enjoyed some sunshine in the backyard (on the coldest January day in 7 years - but after the -6C temperatures of late last week in Belgium, it felt practically tropical!) to convince our bodies it was daytime. That night my parents cooked us a lovely welcome home meal and we shared stories and showed our photos.

After another night of broken sleep, we slowly awoke to Sunday morning. In the afternoon, it was time to take Marg back to the airport for her short final leg home to Launceston. We caught up with some friends for a BBQ, before another quiet night at home in preparation for the return to the work.

Yes, the holiday is well and truly over!!

Thanks to everyone who contributed to our trip - we thoroughly enjoyed the very special family wedding, and it was great to meet new people and catch up with old acquantainces. A very special time for both Greg and I.

posted by Tracey @ 2:32 pm