2015 Day 23 - Going home :(

Well, the day finally arrived, time to leave and head home.

We need to be out of the villa by 10am.  We set our alarms for 8 and after a quick cup of tea, finish the packing, strip the beds and put on the first load of washing.

The cleaners arrive just as we are leaving and we say a sad goodbye to a really lovely villa.

We head up to Idrive.  Our flight isn't til 4.30pm so we had decided to play some golf, have a meal at Dennys and then head to the airport.

The humidity was very high this morning and we were soon perspiring our way around 18 holes of mini golf at Pirates Cove.  The sun was out and we found ourselves moving from one shady spot to another as we waited for a family in front of us.  We have, as always, really enjoyed our mini golf in Orlando.

Feeling hot and hungry now, we pulled into the nearest Denny's.  Unfortunately they were queuing out of the door and obviously waiting for tables so we decided to miss that and head up Sand Lake Road towards the airport and find something enroute.  We eventually settled on TGI Fridays.

There was no putting it off after that, we were on our way home and headed to the airport.  We dropped off the car and quickly checked our bags in (we had done online check in last night). We were fast tracked through security - no idea why - and onto the monorail to the terminal.

By the time we had had a drink and got changed into our travel clothes it was nearly time for boarding.

First flight was from Orlando to Newark.  Plane had on demand entertainment which I wasn't expecting, so the 3 hour flight was soon over and our landing into Newark gave us some stunning, and tantalising, views of the New York Skyline, with WTC1 and Statue of Liberty easily visible in the late afternoon sun.

We had less than 2 hours here, just enough time to grab some food and we were boarding our next flight for Heathrow.  Take off out of Newark was equally spectacular as we were rewarded with a night view of the Skyline and the surrounding areas.

 All flights were smooth and ontime.  No problems at all with United on any flights.

We were quickly off the plane at Heathrow and after a bit of a queue at immigration, we collected our cases and walked out to the car park where Purple Parking had our own car waiting for us.  Perfect, we love Meet and Greet parking, so easy.

So now for the jet lag and holiday blues, we have had a truly memorable holiday with lots of new experiences.  Will try and add photos soon.  Thanks for reading.

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