The day of the journey home is the most polar opposite thing to the outgoing travel day possible. It’s grim.
We packed, which involved having to get a security guy in to sort our safe. We’d accidentally left it open yesterday so the staff had locked it and we needed someone to come and open it for us.
With that out of the way we spent an hour in our pool. It was lovely having the swim up pool but in truth we didn’t get as much use of it as we should have.
It made such a difference not having to be out of the room until 12. We could also just leave our suitcases in the room for someone to take to the taxi pick up point. We said our thanks and goodbyes to the Concierge for our building and headed off for some lunch.
We were gutted to see the buffet place didn’t open till 12.30. After a few minutes outside in our travel clothes we had to find a spot inside as it was just too hot.
We had buffet bits for lunch.
We then headed to the lobby for our taxi.
The taxi arrived on time and it was a 90 minute drive with a very chatty driver.
We were mildly disappointed to discover there was no Premium lounge in terminal 2 for TUI. I have never written a more first world problems sentence in my life.
We weren’t hungry but to get a seat and drink we went into TGI’s for chips and guacamole.
To the gate area and we got a Starbucks for Louise. She has a well developed addiction and had been missing them all holiday.
We browsed some shops until boarding late as ever.
An uneventful flight back into drab familiarity of Manchester.
So there we have it. Thanks for bearing with this trip as I have literally phoned it in. My notes were made on my phone and I’ve just copied those here with a bit of tidying and added photos from my phone. So it hasn’t had the diligence and effort of a Florida trip and I’m sure it has showed.
If you were in any doubt, we adored this resort and would highly recommend it to anyone wanting that adult only five star experience. The service is exceptional and crucially for us the food was not what can sometimes be all you can eat all inclusive “slop”. We will definitely return and we are planning to do so next year.
We’ve struggled for years to find somewhere outside of the US that we could trust to give us what we were looking for and I’m really glad we gave it and another country a chance.
Thanks again for you hardcore persisters. It’s always been appreciated.
Till the next time…..
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