Novotel Breakfast and Heading Home from Sydney

2015-07-12 · Updated: 2026-08-11 · Original (Korean)

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Novotel Breakfast

The day of my return flight. I've often had to skip a proper breakfast and just grab a quick bite, but I'm really treating myself before I leave. I honestly can't say a single bad thing about this hotel.

A buffet station inside a restaurant with a curved countertop and a wooden cutting board.

Several small yogurt bottles and sliced fruits like pineapple and dragon fruit in a buffet display case.

A metal pan filled with roasted potato wedges and a serving spoon.

A chef in a white uniform cooking eggs at a buffet station.

A plate with toasted bread, bacon, fried eggs, and slices of melon and kiwi.

True to its first-class reputation, it's incredibly clean. There's also a decent variety of food to grab. I don't think I could try everything because I'd get too full. It's a shame I didn't book this place from the start—I could have eaten breakfast, packed a little something for lunch, and eaten well for dinner too.

Heading Home

I hurried over to the airport. Surprisingly, the morning rush hour traffic that had been so congested was nowhere to be seen on my departure day. Is it a parting gift to wish me a good trip?

A view through a window of an airport runway with parked airplanes, ground support vehicles, and a distant cityscape.

People moving with luggage on carts on the sidewalk outside an airport terminal with a departures check-in sign.

People pulling luggage inside an airport terminal with flight information boards and check-in counters.

A square illuminated shower room sign hanging from the ceiling with a person and showerhead icon. — Sydney Airport has shower rooms. I hadn't seen them anywhere other than Incheon Airport, so it was a bit of a surprise.

A person walking past a red display stand showing various Havaianas flip-flops. — Havaianas flip-flops, which are apparently super popular in Sydney right now. They're made in Brazil, cheap, and pretty. I bought a pair myself and don't regret the money at all—in fact, I wonder why we don't have them in Korea.

A light blue Korean Air passenger plane waiting on the runway seen through a window, with a forest and village landscape in the background. — Anyway, I made it back safely.

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