25 Oh no, the trip home!

Holidays and short breaks
Argentina (2001)
Chile (2002)
India (2003)
World trip (2005-2006)
Libya (2008)

Pictures
1 Croydon to Paris
2 Paris to Iguazú
3 Yacutinga
4 Yacutinga
5 Yacutinga
6 Iguazú
7 Salta
8 Purmamarca
9 Bariloche
10 Bariloche
11 Puerto Blest
12 The long walk
13 Pesca a la trucha
14 Paragliding
15 Ushuaia
16 The end of the road
17 Tierra del Fuego NP
18 Beagle Channel
19 Tren del fin del mundo
20 Perito Moreno glacier
21 Upsala and horse-riding
22 4x4 adventure
23 Hot air balloon
24 Tango
25 Oh no, the trip home!
26 Home, via Paris
27 Back to normality

Argentina

Buenos Aires, Argentina to Paris, France

Tuesday 10 April 2001

We tried yesterday to pre-book exit seats to make sure we had lots of legroom for a comfortable journey home. Typically of the French they could only say “we’ll send a request to the airport”. As such we decided to get there early and at 9.30 said our farewells to Chateau Park Plaza.

Driving through BA to Ezeiza we were surprised at how far we had walked yesterday. No wonder our feet hurt. The only thing I wished I’d had enough energy to do was to see Evita’s tomb – I’ll just have to come back.

We got to the airport at 10am and there was already a fair queue for our flight. We were surprised as it didn’t leave until 12.30 and we though we’d be really early. After a bit of pestering Stef managed to ensure we had exit seats so we’ll have a comfortable flight to Paris.

For an international capital city Ezeiza is a small airport, only 16 gates. Once through passport control there are a couple of shops but to Stef’s relief there was a smoking zone so he could top up with nicotine before the flight.

Our seats are comfy with loads of legroom. The only downside is that they’re by one of the serving areas and the loo so there’s a fair amount of through traffic, a small price to pay for the comfort. We’ve also got a baby behind us who is being great fun kicking my seat.

I have already put my watch forward to Paris time in the hope that it will trick me into falling asleep à la Europe. The shutters are down so it’s already feeling like night and I must admit to starting to feel sleepy. Probably something to do with about five hours sleep last night (I was wide awake by 6.30) and a couple of (small) bottles of wine so far on the plane.

We’re due to arrive in Paris at 6am and are rounding off our holiday with a day in Paris. I don’t want this holiday to end!!

The ultimate nightmare – behind us we have two small children and there are more across the aisle. I’ve just had enough of the constant kicking in my back and have tried to communicate this to the Spanish-speaking adults with the kids. They are doing nothing to stop them screeching, wailing and kicking and are effectively running a nursery in the aisle.

A film must have just finished as there’s now a steady stream of people coming for drinks. Even though they can see people trying to sleep they are making no attempts to talk quietly. I’m amazed that no-one has trodden on Stef’s bad toe.

Finally I have managed to get to sleep. The kids calmed down for a couple of hours.

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