Monday June 10th - Departure Day

Andrew's Spanish Guitar

It was finally the day for us to leave. It had seemed like a really long stay and we had had such a lovely time and really got to know Matthew in a wonderful way. He is such a contented baby and is full of smiles and joy most of the time. And yet he is also content to sit and take in the surroundings, listening to music which seems to be one of his loves. He is such a cute baby and my postings on Facebook show that by the comments I have received.

So tempting

It is a dull, rainy day and we were driven at around 7:45 to the airport by Andrew. He dropped us at the 'kiss and fly' drop-off and we went swiftly through bag-drop and then through security after which we sat down for a coffee and pain au chocolat.

Leaving on a jet plane

Geneva airport is very clean and tidy. All aspects of check-in and security are well run and the are loads of shops selling duty-free goods, albeit at prices we would not want to pay. The one down-side of our stay is the fact that my main lens (17-85 USM) has stopped working. This means that when I'm not borrowing Andrew's lens, I am left with my 60mm macro or my old Sigma 70-300 zoom. I need to decide what to do now. The options are:-

1. Get the lens fixed by Canon
2. Buy a new mid-range lens
3. Sell all my SLR equipment and rely on my iPad and camcorder
4. Get a new wifi camcorder with hi-res stills which can upload to the iPad

At the airport I purchased an Anker keyboard for the iPad. It seems to be one of the best and has a micro-USB port.

The melancholy of departure day hung over us as we trecked towards gate D81 to board the flight to Luton. All seemed to be going to schedule and we waited patiently in the departure lounge. The airport tannoy kept sounding off with the 'how much is that doggy in the window' tune.