Thursday

I'm at the airport, having missed my flight - United kept me in line for ages just to tell me I was in the wrong place! It's Opodo's fault really - they gave me the wrong airline on my itinerary. I won't be booking with them again! Luckily the lady at Air Canada helped me out and found me a new flight tonight, at no extra charge, but it's going to be a long wait. 

Yesterday was really fun, we had a small party on Arroya Verde park. We barbequed, had a piñata, and went iceblocking. It was all great fun! First time I'd ever iceblocked (sliding down a grassy hill on a big block of ice) or had a piñata! Afterwards we went back to Leila's dad's again for more games. During the day we'd been to buy party supplies, ate at Johnny's - great chips! I'm really going to miss Ventura and the people who live here.

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I'm now on the plane for Toronto. Autumn came back to the airport and we spent the afternoon together, we went to Santa Monica, got pizza for lunch and went to the beach. I managed to relax after the stress of missing my flight, and say bye to Autumn again. It's going to be so strange not seeing her! 

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I'm now in Heathrow central bus station waiting for a coach home. The flights weren't bad, I had lots to watch and listen to on the seat-back screens, got window seats on both flights, and was at a wing exit from Toronto-London, which meant extra legroom!

I should be home by about 4:30am.