Almost done

Unfortunately, we’re almost at that part of the holiday that everybody hates – the end. Skiing in Andorra was absolutely awesome, by far the best skiing that I’ve ever done – especially after all the snow we got on Thursday through Saturday.

We spent 12 painful hours in transit yesterday. First it was a four hour bus trip down the mountain, with Michael Schumacher as our bus driver. We were a bit concerned that driving so quickly down winding icy roads couldn’t be safe, but thankfully we all lived to tell the tale.

Next we waited in Girona for a few hours, then boarded a plane for our flight back to London. I have never seen a plane whose seats were more crammed together – just sitting still my knees were flush against the seat in front of me! At least no-one insisted on putting their chair back. Team BaM had to do it the toughest since they had to share one meal between the two of them – for the entire plane of about 300 passengers, there was only 3 vegetarian meals on board!

Finally after landing in London, we got a taxi service from Gatwick back to Hotel BaM – about an hour’s drive. I got flashbacks to Schumacher after our driver started dragging motorbikes off at the lights, but at least we were in a decent car and the roads weren’t icy. And in the end, it probably meant we got back faster.

Ahh, the joys of travel.

Anyway, our final night of holidays was nice and cruisy, and we were introduced to some delicious vegetarian fare – why I’ve never eaten a falafel before is beyond me! Today we’ll take the final leg of our journey, with a seven hour flight back to New York.

A huge thanks to Ben and Michelle our gracious hosts, and another huge thanks to our travelling buddies who helped make the holiday so fantastic – John and Kirstin, Pat, and Matt.

Photos will be up soon!