Friday, November 20, 2009
Visit to Melbourne
On 13th November 2009 we took a flight of Sri Lankan airline. The cabin crew was friendly and the service was quite impressive. Meals were familiar to us and we enjoyed them. My son and daughter received gift packs from the cabin crew and they were happy about that; specially my son. Since it was a short journey from Colombo to Singapore, we did not feel tired. The only concern I had was the entertainment system was not up to my satisfaction.
The transit at Changi airport was nearly six hours since the flight from Singapore to Melbourne was late by 45 minutes. We spent some time at one of the family areas located in the airport. Everybody got refreshed having stayed couple of hours there. Family area is a comfortable place for a family to stay for hours. The main problem we faced was we were not able to get the stroller for my daughter at Singapore airport. The stroller had been put as a baggage so that it would be received at Melbourne airport. We had to carry our baby when we walked. The strollers available in the Changi airport did not match for our daughter since she was too young.
The trip from Singapore to Melbourne was more than 7 hours long. It was Quntas airline. The cabin crew was friendly and kind. The bassinet for my daughter was bigger than what we had in Sri Lankan airline. But we were not happy with the meal we received. I thought the meal would have a variety as of Singapore airline in which I have traveled to the USA last year. But in summary I am happy with the services we received in Qantas airline.
Mr. Ajith Senanayaka & Mrs. Kamala Senanayaka who are my relatives were waiting for us at Melbourne airport. It took about half an hour for us to reach their home located in Point Cook. The house is a two story building and was comfortable for us to stay for couple of days. The family was really friendly and we were able to get a lot of advices from them. The meals prepared by sister Kamala were delicious. We rested on the day we reached there. following day, we went to see the Melbourne City and spent few hours there. My son enjoyed the trip a lot. 10 years old younger son of Senanayaka family was the friend of my son in Melbourne. All of us enjoyed watching them playing together. We spent 3 days at Mr. Ajith's home and got ready to fly back to Sri Lanka on 17th Nov 2009.
On 17th we were dropped at Melbourne airport by Senanayaka family. They were with us helping to carry our baggage and other stuffs until we got our boarding passes. Ajith bought a toy for my son and he played with it during the entire trip from Melbourne to Colombo. It was sad to leave them because we felt like family even the stay at their home was of 4 days short.
The flight from Melbourne to Singapore was again a Quantas one and we did not see that much of difference the service, meals & entertainment system we had when we flew from Singapore to Melbourne in a Quantas flight. In summary we felt comfortable about that portion of hour journey.
The transit at Singapore airport on our way back to Colombo was nearly 3 hours. We were relaxed and did not have that much of burden during the stay at Changi airport. This time we were able to get the stroller of my baby at Changi airport.
It was Emirates airline we had in the last part of our journey. We were able to get a window seat with bassinet. My son was happy about that. For the first time in our journey we received child meal for my son with a gift pack. He was really happy about it. The food provided by Emirates was quite impressive to me. All of us were tired and slept for couple of hours before we reached Bandaranayaka International airport, Colombo. It was around 1:30 in the morning when we reached there. We came out of the airport within around 45 minutes and my father was waiting for us. We reached home around 4:00 am in the morning. My son was happy to see his grand mothers and grand father. All of us were tired and went to bed as soon as possible to unwind for getting ready for our usual day to day work.
Thank you brother Ajith and sister Kamala with their kids for making our short stay in Australia happy and comfortable. Hope to see you soon ....
# posted by Amila Nilantha @ 06:03 
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