Thursday, 3May, up at 5am to catch the 6.30am bus to Madrid. It was the workers bus as well for those who commute daily to Madrid some 70kms away. Got their in time, you pay the driver but- lo & behold, we only had a 50 euro note and the driver had no change. After a frantic dash by Annette up to the auto estacion where she managed to extract change from the newsagent, a kind lady let us back in the line and we made the bus.
Once in Madrid around 7.40am, we needed to make the trip to Barajas aeropuerto through peak hr traffic. Took an hour, but we made it. Checked our gear in and sat down to a well earned brekkie.
Got away around 10.45am and arrived aT Heathrow after a 2 hour flight.
Jumped on the bullet train to the Terminal 3 and faced a 10 hr wait before we were due to fly out.
Whilst in the English pub bar - The Three Bells - watering and feeding ourselves, the fire alarm rang. After getting us to pay, we were all herded outside to the car park- apparently it was only in the food section, so it was business as normal for the rest of the terminal. 2 fire appliances did arrive as did some police - but after 30 mins or so, we were all allowed back in- some malfunction with the alarm system.Lots of concern however especially with the Olympics not too far away.
Whilst waiting in the departure area, we met up with Sophie & Brian, a couple who did the pilgrimage with us. They then took a week in Ireland followed by another in Greece. Good people.
Finally left for Singapore around 9.45pm on Thu . Got to Singapore 13 hrs later. With the time differences, we got to Singapore at 6.45pm on Fri and flew out to Aust 2 hrs later.
We got into Brisbane at 6.28am on Sat, 5 May!!
What an experience! We need time to digest it all and put the total sum of our experiences into perspective- how will it make a difference to / in our lives.
Missed the boys- Zack & Nick - and all our loved ones family and friends!!
Looking forward to catching up with all!!
Lots of cheers, beers & love!!!
Annette & Steve
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