Days 13-14: Going Home

Previous posts:
Getting There
Welcome to Singapore
Singapore City 
Telunas

Paradise

Marina Bay Sands

On the morning of our departure, we headed out early to catch the sunrise over the city. We actually beat it up, so we got to see the lights and watch the city wake.

 

 

 

We shared breakfast:

 

And after a few hours, began the bittersweet process of preparing to leave this place. Bitter because we had loved every second of the journey, and sweet because by now we were DYING to get home to our babies.

We took a taxi to the airport to catch our 1 PM flight to Taipei. It was uneventful, but I did begin my 5th book of the trip, so that's cool. We arrived in Taipei four hours later, FaceTimed with the kids while we had wireless, and boarded the 13 hour flight back to the states. We were pretty cramped, but THANK GOD Husband's video wasn't working, so she moved us to the back where we could spread out a bit and I got a window seat! SCORE! I stayed up for as long as I could make myself (almost 11 PM Singapore time, guys) and slept fitfully until about 4 AM. We landed in LA at 3:45 PM local time. We FaceTimeed the kids again, who were finishing a movie with grandparents and then heading to bed, and told them we would see them in the morning! We boarded our flight to Dallas at midnight, and because of the time change, we arrived at 6 AM in Dallas. A quick breakfast at Starbucks and we boarded our plane home at 7:30. I was hugging my children at 9:40. It was glorious!