Going back to Blighty!

Yesterday we flew back to the UK, from Oporto to Liverpool. Oporto airport was busy. That is an understatement. The queue to go through security was huge. It wound through at least three layers of zigzags before you finally got to where you put all your stuff in a tray and someone in uniform looks rudely and sneeringly at your feet to remind you to take your shoes off as well. You never know, you just might be hiding something in those open- toed sandals!!!! 

None of the three airports in Galicia is as busy as that, I am sure. It's no wonder Oporto has a huge mural on the ground floor declaring itself to be the airport of all Galicians!! Unfortunately Galicia has been so slow in getting its act together that it has seriously missed the aeroplane!!! 

We left a very cloudy Vigo behind us, fairly sure that the weather forecast for Oporto was much the same. However, the further we went into Portugal the better the weather became By the time we reached Sà Carneiro airport the sky was pretty well all-over blue again. This was a problem as it was by now late afternoon / early evening and the waiting area is west facing. It was extremely difficult to find shade anywhere. But we survived. As you do. 

I gather that the weather must have improved in Vigo as well because my friend Craig posted an excellent picture of the sun going down behind the Islas Cíes. 

For this morning I didn't set an alarm. As we had arrived home at around 1.30 in the early morning, I decided to just sleep and see what time I woke. So at 8.30, I was wide awake and ready for the day. Which turned out to be fine and sunny. It's only as we have moved into late afternoon that the clouds have appeared. 

And there seem to be flowers everywhere, brightly-coloured ones. 




It was very nice of them to lay on sunshine and flowers to welcome us back!