Once the plane had landed, there was the excitement of trying to identify Robert among the hundreds of weary travellers disgorging from the plane and making their way along the upper walkway. The glass windows let you see the reactions of the newly arrived tourists and returning family members. One young man wearing a T-shirt with a South African flag beat a tattoo on the windows to indicate his pleasure at being back home and it looked for a moment as though the glass would fall out, it was buckling so, but I'm sure the construction company anticipated such events and made sure it was shatterproof!
One of the funniest sights is the line of dark-suited gentlemen waiting in a long line, holding up their respective hotel boards. They look like penguins, not quite in a zoo, but definitely waiting for feeding time!
It seemed as though there were very few people on the plane and eventually there were no more passengers exiting, so I realised I must have missed Robert and went to stand at the barrier where mothers and children, girlfriends, aunts, uncles and sisters thronged to catch a first sight of a loved one.
Yay! There he comes - hiding from his mother who was apparently making a spectacle of herself trying to take a photo - lol!
But soon enough, he was pleased to partake of his favourite food, my incomparable (to my family, anyway!) peppered steak and chips!! Welcome home, even if only for a short while.
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