One last hurrah!

We awake excited as have reached Day 118 of our big trip and today we are going home for Christmas, but that’s not before one (or possibly two) last hurrah's as is the McClymont’s Gap ethos!

Mrs M completes the early morning tea run and then we pack our bags up for the last time – including the emergency Macy’s bag purchased a couple of nights ago.  Whilst we have now become experts in packing and traveling we are both looking forward to not living out of a suitcase for a while!

All packed ready for the last leg home

Before leaving on our trip we were given lots of recommendations from different people as to must ‘see’s and do’s’ for different places we were visiting and one such recommendation was that we ‘must do’ Sunday Brunch at the Waldorf Astoria.  As Sunday was our last day we thought this would be a good way to finish off and so this was duly booked before leaving – we can’t believe we have finally got here.

At 12 midday we go down to Peacock Alley for the must sumptuous spread we have ever seen.  There are 100’s of different dishes on different food stations – from lobster to beef wellington, pancakes to ravioli, smoked salmon, salads, breads, a chocolate fountain and about 25 different desserts!  Where to begin?  Of course with a glass of champagne as a celebration of the end of the best four months of our entire lives! 

The amazing brunch spread

We decide that this is a marathon event not a sprint and the key to success would be to pace ourselves and of course make a plan of attack.  So we get started - Mr M with the fish station and Mrs M with the breakfast station – after all ‘breakfast is the most important meal of the day’.   

We work our way through little portions of pancakes and maple syrup, lobster tails, prawns, smoked salmon, blinis, mushroom ravioli, beef wellington, roast beef, chicken parmigiana and then of course sample one or two (or three or four) of the desserts (white chocolate cheese cake, macaroons, lemon tart, chocolate log….), copious amounts of tea, fruit juice and champagne until we are totally stuffed and can hardly move!  What a way to finish!

Needing some fresh air before it is time to go to the airport we head out for a walk around the blocks near us to take in the last few bits of New York, before we both agree it was time to call it a day and finally go home.

Goodbye NYC!

We have a great taxi driver on the way to JFK airport who is excited to hear of our travels and especially our trip to India – his home country.  He shares our work hard / play hard ethos and we talk about the very motto of our trip – that life is too short and you have to do as much as you can whilst you have it with absolutely no regrets.  It is quite a fitting way to end.

Mrs & Mr M