HELLO UK & EUROPE!

The long awaited day has come! Today we finally took the first steps of our grand adventure to the UK and Europe. 

My family and I on the plane with big smiles excited to take off for Europe! 

I'm currently sitting at my boarding gate in Kuala Lumpur Airport, Malaysia. My family and I are waiting patiently (or trying to) for our delayed trip to Amsterdam. I for one am feeling very drained and restless, and judging by the long faces and silence of my parents and sister, I'm positive they're feeling the same way. 

For me, the past two days have been such a blur. Yesterday, the day before the trip, I was rushing around the house trying to clean my room and finalise my packing. I went to the shops because I had a long list of things I needed to buy only to come out with nothing. I also decided I'd have a little catch up with friends the night before our flight even though I wasn't close to feeling at peace with my preparation for the trip.   

I stayed up all night that day (even after a few hours of sleep the night before) because I had to finish my surprise itinerary. Morning came and I finished it with a bit of relief but I felt like a massive zombie. Although I finished that stressful part of my long to do list, it was not the end. I rushed to office works at 10:10am as I needed to print it. I couldn't take the long line to wait for printing. I felt so fidgety and surely very impatient. The lady that processed my printing saw my printing and asked me if I was heading to Europe today. I felt crazy because it was 10:40am and I was still in town doing things (and had to do more things) in preparation for my trip. The trip I had to be home at 11am for may I add... I finished there at 10:40am. I still had to do my eyebrows and buy some necessities so I went ahead and vigorously power walked my way. I got home at 11:45am frantic because I thought my family would be angry at me and because I knew we would be late. 

Ideally, we were suppose to leave our house at 11:30am, get to the airport at 12:30pm to check in 3 hours before our 3:30pm plane. After showering and finalising my packing, and doing last minute cleaning, we left the house at 12:30pm and got to the airport at 1:30pm. We checked in and everything was a blur from then till the moment we got to our boarding gate feeling relieved. We grabbed food in the airport which I ate on the plane before we took off and we we practically ran to our gate that I was dripping with sweat.

Looking back on it, it was fun and all in a days work! But we missed out on the airport experience which is one of the first things I most enjoy on any trip. I love going to the airport and feeling like a worldly traveller. I enjoy strolling through duty free and grabbing a bite to eat at Krispy Kreme. I missed out on a photo with the iconic departures sign of Sydney international airport which I was definitely sad about. I felt a defining moment of the trip had been lost just because we didn't take that photo. This is what I could get...

To cut this post short, our flight was okay. I slept on and off for 5 hours and watched one movie for 2 hours. The food was also yum!

Weird yet surprising treat!

We got to KLA, had a little look around, ate Malaysian street food at a restaurant and waited... Waited a lot (as you can tell by the length and boringness of this post)....

Snaps of KL Airport, Malaysia

It's currently 12:15am Malaysian time,  3:15am Australian time and I am just so tired and should be contently sleeping in my own bed. Instead my arms are hurting as I type this on my iPhone (because I am left with no other choice but to do this as time passes) and listening to the angelic screams and whines of babies and excited little kids running around. I'm sorry for this boring and very choppy post. I don't have the patience to think too much. I am so restless right now and our flight is still an hour away! Yay! All I want to do is sleep in my bed.. A bed... Just any bed! But that's 13 hours + 3 hours + 2 hours away. After we arrive in Amsterdam, we have to wait several hours for our train to Belgium, then we get to sit a two hour train ride. 

See you tomorrow, Europe! En route to Amsterdam! X