End of the holidays

So after 3 or so weeks on the road we're back sitting in LHR waiting for our Aer Lingus flight to Dublin.

It's amazing how much you can cram into 3 weeks as well as clocking up ~ 40000km of air travel and ~ 3000km of driving (new Zealand is deceivingly large).

Thoughts right now:

- flying east for 24hrs is grand if you have two naps en-route (no jet lag at all)
- LHR must be warmest airport ever - it always seems to be ~ 30 degrees inside
- can someone please come up with a air security standard that makes sense.
- it is Monday. my body says it's Tuesday.
- did the clocks change yesterday? i think we missed it.
- Boots do excellent meal deals if you're ever going through LHR (£3.30 for any sandwich, drink and snack).
- airports need showers.
- new zealand is so cheap to live in.
- wifi hot spots are good

right - time to go and board the flight. photos will follow as soon as i'm home... :)

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