Finally made it home to Munich this morning - and it is really hot!

Some pictures added to Picasa: https://picasaweb.google.com/111243362282378595282/SriLanka

Yesterday, we took a van from the Kalpitiya peninsula to the airport. As our flight was not until 20.25 in the evening, we had plenty of time. So we decided to go into Negombo. We had seen some nice leather bags on our first day in Sri Lanka in Negombo, so we wanted to take a closer look at these. We didn't really know how to deal with the logistics because we did not want to carry around all our luggage in the heat and there was no luggage depository service in the airport. Eventually, we worked out a solution: We booked a car, that was big enough to fit us all and our luggage, to take us around in Negombo for shopping. We had a good time trying to spend our last Rupees (in the end we didnt succeed and still had to exchange the last money!) and got two leather bags, loads of spices, tea, spicy snacks and other souvenirs.

The check-in and flight to Doha proceeded painlessly (God bless the good entertainment system that kept Michael happy...). As we arrived five hours later in Doha, however, we were all really tired. The airport was cramped with people (lots of noisy Chinese folks...). After two-three hours painful waiting we were finally called out for boarding, only to find out that we had to wait in a small hall and were then taken for a bus ride that seemed to go on for ever (especially, as I was carrying Michael who was having a minor crisis). Finally, we were let into the airplane ("Dreamliner") and the blessed entertainment system - and Michael was happy again. He watched "Iron Man 3" three times! We arrived in Munich in the early morning to a clear blue sky. Taking the train and the bus, we made it home around 9.30. We are all really tired but happy to be home again!

We had a wonderful time in Sri Lanka and are now getting ready for our holiday in Denmark - we are off tomorrow morning, so there is some packing to be done!