Mummy and Daddy packed up all of our things and we checked out of our hotel room.
Today, Mummy wanted to see another part of town, and we would need to get the underground train to get there. Try as we might, we couldn't find a station that was open.
We eventually walked to the main subway station only to find that we still couldn't get to the platforms. What was going on? We found out when a guy came shouting at us in German. He wasn't angry, he just spoke very loud. We soon told him that we couldn't understand him as we are English and a passer-by stopped to explain that the bus and train drivers were on strike! That meant that we were unable to get to our destination today. Mummy was not pleased.
We found somewhere to eat, eventually and I was put in a big boy's chair.
After that we didn't really know what to do. We had pretty much covered everything that was in walking distance so ended up sitting in Starbucks for a bit and then in Kamps.
The final decision was to go back to the hotel. We sat in the lobby for a while, and then Mummy got bored and said we needed to go for a walk. We went for a walk in a different direction than before and it turned out to be not so nice an area. We walked rather quickly back in the other direction.
Sitting in the hotel lobby again, Mummy and Daddy thought it was best to just wait at the airport so we arranged for a taxi to come and get us.
Because of the strike, the roads were chaos. It took ages to get to the airport and the driver was quite erratic.
We had to wait a little while before we could check in but we were soon on our way through to the security checking desks. This time, Mummy had to hand me over to a member of staff so that she could walk through the metal detector. Mummy had forgotten to take off her belt so had to be fully searched. Mummy also forgot that she had a bottle of water in her bag. This was confiscated, but not before she drank 90% of it.
In the departures lounge was a Burger King. Mummy and Daddy had been deprived of burgers as the Germans eat healthy food, so that was our first stop.
We waited and waited for hours and then our gate number came up on the screen. We had our passports checked, twice, and were then let through the barrier to a separate section of the room. It was very strange to see all the passengers segregated, but still able to see each other. We had priority boarding so we were in the special area.
Our plane was running late but they turned it around very quickly. We boarded first and Mummy picked our chair around the same area as before. The flight was going to take 1 hour 56 minutes on the way back because we had a head wind. Mummy wasn't too pleased about that but was happy that the captain said there wasn't any strong winds in Bristol.
I slept for the first hour and a half which was really good but it meant that Mummy's arm had gone numb.
The flight was good and we were soon waiting for our bags. They arrived quickly and as we entered the arrivals hall, Nanny and Granddad Rennolds were there to greet us. It was really nice to see a friendly face or 2 to take us home.
In the car everyone was chatting at a 100 miles an hour as they were all excited to see each other. Nanny and Granddad had bought me a new wooden toy which was wicked. I will get Mummy to take a picture of it for you.
At home, the house was freezing so the heating was put on and I was given a quick wash, changed, fed and put to bed. I wasn't happy about it to start with but I soon fell asleep.
Mummy and Daddy didn't stay up long. They had a cuppa with Nanny and Granddad and then went straight to bed.
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