Home - Grand Finale

The alarm went off at 4am, but I had been awake since 3am.

We packed up one last time and were off to the airport by 4:50am. There was zero traffic and we were dropped at the airport shortly after 5am. There was no lineup and we were warned by the ticketing agents that we could not leave the restricted area at the airport in Columbia, otherwise we would need to show our proof of our Yellow Fever shots, which we did not have.

Restaurants were not opened yet, but there was a small cafe near our gate where I had a paste de nata (Portuguese egg pastry). 

Our 6 hour flight to Bogota was uneventful and after some shopping at Duty Free, we headed to the El Dorado lounge where we had refreshments, wifi, a comfy place to hang out, two free drinks each and we spent a few extra dollars to have a hot buffet dinner. 

Bill and I spent time catching up on work emails, the blog, photos and some reading. The time passed fairly quickly and unfortunately our flight to Toronto was delayed and very disorganized at the gate (we had to show our passports 3 times at the gate), so it took a long time to board our full flight. 

After we boarded it was more or less smooth sailing and we landed in Toronto at 6am the next morning to a soggy, but mild city.

It was a great trip but it’s good to be home!