The title of this blog is what our trip manager kept repeating throughout our final day as tears poured from the eyes of many Contiki family members as we said farewell to each other.
The farewells started at the hostel in Amsterdam where we left behind a few people who were were not yet 'Amsterdone' (unlike the rest of us poor souls) and decided to extend their stay. We then boarded the coach and headed to Amsterdam airport to drop off another lot of our family members. After the airport drop off, our group had shrunk to about 20 people :(.
The drive back to London was eerie as it was so quiet and sombre. Everyone was asleep for the majority of the trip then eventually woke up for a little bit of celebrity heads and "trip trivia" where our trip manager quizzed us on facts she had given us along the way about the places we had visited. We passed through Belgium on the way back to London, which was not overly exciting as we just stopped at a service station. One of the girls did however try Belgium waffles which were pretty good given they were just ones that you chuck in the microwave.
We crossed the English channel again on the ferry (I will be glad to not go on a ferry for awhile) and finally ended up in London at around 8:30pm. We all agreed to meet an hour later at the pub near the hotel we were dropped off at for some final drinks and farewell. The four of us girls plus Josh, a lovely guy from our tour who lives in Bowral, only stayed a couple of hours before making our way to our hostel, which was the same one I stayed in before the tour; Wombats. Due to booking the hostel only a week before, we stayed in a mixed dorm so we were glad to have Josh with us which meant there would only be one other person in the dorm which we did not know, which ended up being a girl who left at 5am that morning.
The farewells started at the hostel in Amsterdam where we left behind a few people who were were not yet 'Amsterdone' (unlike the rest of us poor souls) and decided to extend their stay. We then boarded the coach and headed to Amsterdam airport to drop off another lot of our family members. After the airport drop off, our group had shrunk to about 20 people :(.
The drive back to London was eerie as it was so quiet and sombre. Everyone was asleep for the majority of the trip then eventually woke up for a little bit of celebrity heads and "trip trivia" where our trip manager quizzed us on facts she had given us along the way about the places we had visited. We passed through Belgium on the way back to London, which was not overly exciting as we just stopped at a service station. One of the girls did however try Belgium waffles which were pretty good given they were just ones that you chuck in the microwave.
Belgium waffle filled with berries
We crossed the English channel again on the ferry (I will be glad to not go on a ferry for awhile) and finally ended up in London at around 8:30pm. We all agreed to meet an hour later at the pub near the hotel we were dropped off at for some final drinks and farewell. The four of us girls plus Josh, a lovely guy from our tour who lives in Bowral, only stayed a couple of hours before making our way to our hostel, which was the same one I stayed in before the tour; Wombats. Due to booking the hostel only a week before, we stayed in a mixed dorm so we were glad to have Josh with us which meant there would only be one other person in the dorm which we did not know, which ended up being a girl who left at 5am that morning.
The end of our Contiki tour.... #noregrets
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