Doha to Adelaide

Having finally got to the Oryx Hotel in the airport after last evening's debacle, we sleep late and transfer to the lounge shortly after noon.

CJ enjoys a selection of dishes from the Asian buffet and his lounge favorite: Laksha soup. Carol orders a sushi selection from the menu.

After lunch, we transfer to the quiet room adjacent to the business center for our five hour wait. As airport waits go, this is as good as it gets.

The flight is under 13 hours. The food is good. Carol actually uses the bathroom which we did not expect.

Not knowing how much luggage we have, Bronwyn and Neil retrieve us from the airport in the Tesla and Lexus. We catch up over a bottle of bubbly.

Carol decides to try for the second floor (first in AU or FR). She climbs them on her bum (butt in the US). She spends her first night home in her own bed.

We are allowed to bring in 3 bottles of alcohol per person. We have a total of 9. We have two bottles of personalized bottles of Don Julio tequila. These are the anejo. We left the personalized bottles of blanco at Pam's home.

We tasted with Yves Gras at Domaine Santa Duc years ago and purchased his wines forever. We found this at a restaurant in Brest and its divine even if being made by his son now. The Domaine Brusset comes from the same village. We taste with Laurent Brusset the same day and have a long history with his wines. Beaucastel is our all-time favorite Chateauneuf du Pape.