Well the last days of the study were an absolute whirlwind. We boarded a very small plane (compared to all the other we have flown on) to fly into LA. It was a very smooth flight and there was some interesting things to look at as we flew over the US. Once we landed in LA (what a huge, busy airport!!) we jumped on a spunky coach to have a cooks tour of LA. On the tour we went to Venice beach, Hollywood and down town LA. It was an incredibly interesting city with some beautiful areas and some areas that you wouldn’t want to walk around at night. I saw the famous Hollywood sign and found Judy Garland signature in front of Grumans Chinese Theatre. It was then back to LA airport, via Jack in a box for dinner ( I am convinced that there is no healthy food options in the US) for the 12 hour flight back to Auckland. I was so incredibly tired that pretty much fell asleep even before the plane took off (active noise canceling headphones are a godsend) and slept for about 9 hours!! All the people on the Melbourne flight waved a fond farewell to the Sydney, QLD and NT people and then it was then onto the flight from Auckland back to Melbourne which did not go anywhere near fast enough as by that stage I was desperate to get home to my boys! I got a great welcome at the airport from the boys and I am very glad to be home after this amazing experience.