Team nearly home

We made the most of the final day and drove to Barcelona via Perpignan and a French village , Collioure, on the med. Had a final team lunch at a cute place on the beach.Watched  all sorts enjoying the stinking hot day and saw all sites from topless to an army group learning to kayak with camo gear and face paint. Kids all swam in the med and we wandered around before getting back in the car for the drive to Barcelona.  Arrived by 6.30pm and were on the bus into the city from the hotel by just after 7 to make the most of the last hours. Wandered up the famous La Rambla and absorbed the sites of thousands of tourists, street theatre, shops etc.  Had pizza dinner near the Placa Catalunya and then found the night bus home ( different to the one we caught in )  was 1.40 euro each so a much better idea than battling the traffic in the team van with kayaks on.  Up again early to get everyone sorted for airport-  brand new terminal , huge but not on GPS so took a wrong turn, so thought we might have cut it a bit fine. Anyway dropped kids and boats, parked , they got VAT forms stamped for gear , checked in, had breakfast with them then waved farewell. Felt a bit sad to see them go as it is always a great journey seeing everyone's first wide eyed impressions  to a few weeks later when everyone heads for home with a plethora of memories to treasure for a lifetime. Will update some photos, signing out for juniors 2010......