It was time for Anna and I to join Maaike in The Netherlands. Absolutely stunning view of Taranaki as we flew up. You can see the distinct circular boundary of the national park. It’s literally a 6 mile radius from the summit!. Very cool.
Long haul flights are never fun, but, it has become infinitely easier to travel with Anna now that she’s a bit older. She gets unlimited screen time so is perfectly happy ;). Singapore Air are pretty nice for the kids, they get kids-themed headphones, the apps etc. are locked down to them (annoyingly though they didn’t have games – you had to have your own device and I wasn’t going to give that to Anna). The food is also a little on the spicy side, even when you choose kids meal. Still, we got through it fine having a stopover in Singapore.
We had planned on going to the in-airport swimming pool, but, it was only open for an hour after we arrived and I wasn’t quite sure if we needed to completely exit security or not, so, in the end we just footled about for a few hours. It was fine.
So, 20 million hours later we flew into NL and were reunited with Maaike (and her Aunt and Uncle who came to pick us up). Being made to stay up while you get trains & bike home definitely helped with the jetlag. Still took a few days to get over but not too bad all told.
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