Day 17 - Sunday, September 14, 2008
In the wee hours of the morning, we arrived at the Richmond airport--after a 26-hour trip with only in-flight cat naps, four airports, and three countries. We left Nice before dawn (six-hour time difference), landed in Dusseldorf with barely any time to spare to get on the plane, sat in a straight-jacket seat arrangement (against the back wall of the plane) for 8 hours, and eventually arrived in Chicago. Customs was so smooth there, and we were feeling great about the experience. Until we got to our gate, which they changed three times. And then the take-off was postponed 2-1/2 hours. Chicago was very rainy. We finally got on the plane and slowly made our way to the end of the runway when the captain said a red light had come on in the cockpit, and we had to go back and get it fixed. We ended up changing planes. Tod picked us up at the airport in Richmond about 1:35 a.m.
The miracle is that throughout this whole trip, our luggage stayed with us. United and Lufthansa took good care of us.
The first thing I did when I got home was pour a glass of iced tea, which I hadn't had for all this time away. And then I washed my face with a real washcloth. When I woke up this morning, I looked around and wondered which hotel and which city we were in. Robin savored his first non-espresso coffee in weeks in a regular-sized mug instead of a tiny cup.
What a great adventure we enjoyed! However, being home again-- "c'est bon"!
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