Posted by Catherine

We enjoyed hanging out at the hotel, dealing with fatigue that is slowly settling in. It’s definitely a place for the scions of industry to gather as well as very affluent Indian families and tourists from around the world.

Photo below: the entrance to the hotel lounge on the 6th floor. We are certainly going to miss this place.

After enjoying a late morning breakfast we managed to get the packing sorted out and found a place for everything! We had arranged for a late checkout at 3:00pm so we stayed in our comfortable room for as long as possible & then left our luggage with the bellman while we enjoyed the pool/gardens area public spaces. Which way to the airport?

Compulsively early, we had thought to have a light dinner and head to the airport around 7:00 pm. The hotel’s front desk staff assured us that leaving at 8:00 pm. would give us plenty of time. Besides that, the Air Canada crew for our flight were staying at the hotel and they weren’t heading over until 10:00 pm – but then they probably know their way around a lot better than we would!

We had a leisurely drink in the hotel’s Polo Lounge and then shuffled over to the cafe for a lovely dinner. It was difficult to leave such elegant surroundings but home was drawing us! The pool & gardens are very pretty at night. Wish our apartment had a view like this at home.

The airport transfer appeared promptly at 8:00 pm and we were whisked to the airport in about half an hour. The airport was very modern, not overly busy and time passed quickly. We had made a good decision to be there around 9:00 pm for our 00:45 flight. That’s quarter to 1:00 am on December 3 but checking in on December 2! It took us awhile to wrap our heads around that and make sure we were where we needed to be on the correct day!

Homeward bound ✈️