Back to Bicycle Country

Arrived safe and sound yesterday. The flight was full. We had our Sahur on time just before 4.30 am, 2 hours before landing. The good thing about MAS is that there is a dedicated prayer area in the plane so one does not need to miss prayer during long haul flight. It's located between business and economy class, spacious, and all you need to do is to ask the aircrew and they will set up the area so that it is properly enclosed with curtain. Not sure whether other airlines do that. Apart from that of course the food is always good.

Temperature on arrival was in the low 10's degrees C. The cold temperature was the first reality check that we indeed have arrived back to cold Europe. Luckily no major drama at the custom -our luggage was full of goodies from back home.

Sungkai was at 8.30pm last night. Realising that Ramadan is moving 2 weeks ahead every year, the next few years will see breaking of fast at much later hours - not a good time to be in Europe then.

Today it was raining almost throughout the day. Although the temperature was not that low but the damp condition makes it quite cold. It is after all autumn. The whole things slowly becoming more greyish and bleak. Everybody now looks oversize with their big coat. And today the kids were back to school. All three are now in the same senior school, making things a lot simpler to handle.