Canada 2016 - Goodbye Kitties

The Kitties

It was with a very heavy heart I dropped off old Aunty Cat and the 9 month old siblings Kitty-Boy and Abby, two ferals I tamed who were born in a shed at my work. I explained to them that as they love to be outside, they’d be living outside for just over a month at Ally’s Cats in Waterfall while I visited my sister and family in Stratford in Canada.

Home seemed empty that evening without them, but I busied myself with packing for my departure in the morning.

I was taken to King Shaka Airport by a friend who was also taking his girlfriend out to catch an earlier flight to Cape Town. My flight to Johannesburg left at 11:45 and my international flight only departed at 8:30 that evening. I had allowed 7 hours to clear immigration. Last time I flew to Canada I found myself in a terribly long queue at immigration which worried me, so I left plenty of time to do it this time, and it paid off as there were hardly any people going through when I did. It was a breeze.

Watching aeroplanes at Johannesburg Airport

I had lunch and sat around watching people and aeroplanes taxiing around and departing until it was time to board my Lufthansa fight operated by South African Airways to Munich in Germany.

The plane was less than half full and I was lucky enough to have 2 seats to myself, so being small was at least able to curl up on the seats and nap quite well during the flight. I wasn’t quick enough to get a row of 4 seats to sleep on.

I was a bit surprised just before dinner was served that an announcement was made to close all the window shutters. I noticed the cabin staff hurriedly closing the shutters at the empty seats. I had a peek outside and noticed that the plane had no strobe lights on. I haven’t found out why yet - I must ask someone why the urgency to close the shutters.