Monday
Dear Elsie
Today was the day we arrived safely home! These things are not guaranteed, so we are grateful. Everything went off as planned, although our flight did get in early. Yesterday I left off when I was sitting in the assistance area at Copenhagen Airport. At that point, I was officially in the ‘needs assistance’ system and there would be a wheelchair waiting for me at each point along the way. When it was time to board for our flight from Copenhagen to Istanbul, a driver on a golf cart arrived. Mike sat at the back, while I sat at the front and we were whisked through passport control and then to the gate. The flight was uneventful.
Istanbul had a very nifty set up. The wheelchair was motorised and the attendant could step up on the back and go whizzing through the airport hooting his horn at will. This left Mike running to keep up! This attendant got us the internet voucher required for Istanbul airport and deposited us at the gate for our flight to Cape Town. I then had another lady attendant arrive and she escorted Mike and I to the front of the boarding gate queue & along the air bridge to the plane. The inconvenience (and pain) of a sprained ankle certainly had the convenience of a personal attendant and priority passes at every stop.
The flight from Istanbul to Cape Town was 10 hours. I slept a bit, but Mike only slept about 15 minutes. Both of us slept this afternoon.
On arrival in Cape Town, we were briskly taken to the start of the passport queue, ahead of 300+ passengers who had arrived on one of a number of international flights arriving close to ours. That done, our luggage was next. It was on the carousel and quickly retrieved. Our efficient attendant took us to the Vida Cafe in arrivals and left us there. David arrived to collect us and by the time I was clambering slowly up our stairs, I had only walked 600 steps today! A far cry from the 20000 I was doing a week ago. While my foot is swollen and bruised, it’s not too sore as I’ve hardly been using it. A legit sprained ankle!
I have a compression bandage & with the myprodol, I’m sure I’ll be back to normal within the next few days.
An early night tonight for us. We’ve made many happy memories and grateful to be safely home to our beautiful view. . For family who are wondering, we both gained 2kg!
Psalm 109:30
With my mouth I will greatly extol the Lord.
It’s not about now – we are only passing through.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you.
In His Grip,
Gran xx 🙂