The alarm was set for 6 but we were both awake before then. So we caught an earlier “Hoppa” bus to the airport than expected. Kaoru took the bags on a trolley to the tax refund counter, and because the line was long, i took our oyster cards to get refunded. Unfortunately because there was more than £10 on them i couldn’t do it at a machine, so was told where to go to the ticket office. Once I got there though, i was informed it didn’t open until 8 (it was about 7 at the moment).

I did the 7 minute walk back to where Kaoru was, and still hadn’t moved too far. So i wentto get some breakfast while Kaoru finished, and then we checked in. We went to the cafe to get Kaoru a coffee, and it was about 7.45. So i left Kaoru to relax and i went to do the oyster refunds. Luckily i left a little early as there was already a line forming at the visitoroffice, and by the time it opened it was even longer. But i got our £16.50 back for each of them which meant we now had some moneyto spend.

We went through security and wandered around the shops. Kaoru bought something from Harrods, and we bought a few other goodies. Our plane boarded on time at 920, but took off later than the 940 scheduled departure. It was probably closer to 1030 by the time wheels were off the ground.

We watched a couple of movies and got a little bit of sleep on the flight. We had a magnificent red sunset out the window! The 11 hour flight was long but non eventful.