After the wine tastings, we went back to the apartment to collect our stuff and say goodbye to our hosts. The water had returned and we got the offer to shower in their house, but we decided it would be best to get to the airport early and just shower there...
And it was a good thing we got there earlyish. We had to deal with our VAT return stuff, and that was enough of a hassle, even though we were smart enough to do the paperwork in Cape Town. There was the line from hell for those who weren't in the express lane, as opposed to the five minutes we had to wait. After that, there was the matter of getting our check-in luggage shrink-wrapped. And then the "fast" bag drop since we checked in online, except that it wasn't so fast after all. People who didn't check in online got checked in with luggage delivered before we were halfway through the line. Bah. Very annoying. The lines at passport control and security were ok, but in the end, there really wasn't a lot of time for shopping, but it's just as well. There wasn't anything there that we really needed. So we went to the lounge right away, and got into the shower. Aaaah, precious shower!
After showering, we just drank beer and cider and wine and port (to calm our nerves of course :) and ate a lot of snacks until we had to get to our gate...
The flight from Cape Town to London was, well, as usual, a typical long haul flight. Uncomfortable, annoying, and boring. And if things couldn't get worse...
Guess what? Things could get worse. Like the very tight connection worse. What was it... less than an hour after arrival until our flight to Oslo? Yeah, that's right. So we had to do a lot of sprinting. Fortunately, we were allowed through the priority lines. Most of the people there were nice about it, after seeing we really did have little time to catch our flight. However, there were some other people who gave very dirty looks and other indication that they were not pleased about a couple of sweaty backpacker-type penguins going before them in the line. Yeah, whatever. Like we care what "look at me I'm so entitled" losers like that think! Anyway, after a lot of stress and sprinting and delays at security, we made it to our gate, and got on our flight to Oslo on time...
Our luggage, on the other hand, didn't make it. No big deal, and in a way, a relief. It's so much nicer having the heavy luggage delivered to the door than having to lug it home, right? All we had to do was pay the taxes for the extra wine. No big deal.
We had an uneventful trip home, and our luggage arrived in the evening...
So... what's on for next year? :)
31 October 2009
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