Home in the USA
We flew from Ruzyne Airport in Prague at 6:45 A.M. on Monday December 18. We got up at 4:00 to meet a 5:00 van arranged by our landlord. It took half an hour to get all our luggage from the 5th floor apartment to the front entrance, 3 elevator loads. Our ride to the airport took half an hour, and we maintained the Czech silence. It was hard, since we Americans tend to chat, especially when excited.
We got to the airport -- no lines for tickets!!!, and all our luggage was fine except one piece, a double carry-on suitcase and bag. Some of the other pieces were overweight a little, and they let them through. So we stood there trying to figure out what to do. This extra piece of luggage would cost $150. If anyone sees luggage scales, please buy them and I will re-imburse you. These on-the-spot decisions about overweight luggage are stressful. Lloyd decided to split the one piece of problem luggage, so he gave the top piece to me, and kept the bottom piece. He would have 3 hours before his flight, and could think about options during that time. What was in this overweight piece? Lance's computer and mine, as well as books I used for teaching. I didn't realize computers are so heavy. He ended up paying over a hundred dollars for that piece.
Our flight to Frankfurt was only an hour, it was a little foggy but otherwise a good flight. Then we had to go through security again, as well as passport checks. It took a full hour. We can't figure out why I got two passport stamps and Lance got none (he went a different way than I did), and what the criteria is for passport stamps.
Our flight from Frankfurt to Boston was sunny and smooth. I read a whole novel, Lance read, and the last couple of hours we played LifeChoices, a card game where you tell stories from your family's past. Of course Lance loved it, dredging up all the stories of my brothers' and sisters' and my misdeeds. He wants to put all those stories in his movies, so watch out!
We breezed through customs and had no security check whatsoever in Boston -- isn't that amazing!!! Then we went to Concord Trailways Bus stop and thought we would have to wait two hours. But this friendly Concord Trailways bus driver came to us and offered to take us to South Station or Concord NH. He was so friendly, helpful, and jovial, we probably would have gone with him to New York!! What a contrast from our dour, non-communicative bus/tram drivers in the Czech Republic! We ended up staying on his bus, and Loralee and Aaron were willing to pick us up in Concord. Then Lloyd called and we had figured out how he could get to Manchester (his plane was 3 hours later than hours), so they picked him up as well.
Gayle, Lloyd's sister, had cleaned our house. Lloyd arranged it before he came to Prague. So we walked into an immaculate home. It was still daylight and everything looked beautiful! My eyes had to adjust to all the color, even the wood floors are colorful compared to our apartment in Prague.
While we waited for Lloyd I started unpacking the first set of luggage, and Lloyd has done the rest this morning. I went to bed at 8:00 (20:00) and Lloyd at 9:00. We were up at 6:00 this morning and watched the sunlight make our yard visible. Its good to be home, even if we had 48 answering machine messages to go through and two bushels of mail. My sister Lorraine had put cream in the refrigerator so we could enjoy our morning cup of coffee, and think about each of you, your prayers, and support of our overseas adventure. Thank you.
We got to the airport -- no lines for tickets!!!, and all our luggage was fine except one piece, a double carry-on suitcase and bag. Some of the other pieces were overweight a little, and they let them through. So we stood there trying to figure out what to do. This extra piece of luggage would cost $150. If anyone sees luggage scales, please buy them and I will re-imburse you. These on-the-spot decisions about overweight luggage are stressful. Lloyd decided to split the one piece of problem luggage, so he gave the top piece to me, and kept the bottom piece. He would have 3 hours before his flight, and could think about options during that time. What was in this overweight piece? Lance's computer and mine, as well as books I used for teaching. I didn't realize computers are so heavy. He ended up paying over a hundred dollars for that piece.
Our flight to Frankfurt was only an hour, it was a little foggy but otherwise a good flight. Then we had to go through security again, as well as passport checks. It took a full hour. We can't figure out why I got two passport stamps and Lance got none (he went a different way than I did), and what the criteria is for passport stamps.
Our flight from Frankfurt to Boston was sunny and smooth. I read a whole novel, Lance read, and the last couple of hours we played LifeChoices, a card game where you tell stories from your family's past. Of course Lance loved it, dredging up all the stories of my brothers' and sisters' and my misdeeds. He wants to put all those stories in his movies, so watch out!
We breezed through customs and had no security check whatsoever in Boston -- isn't that amazing!!! Then we went to Concord Trailways Bus stop and thought we would have to wait two hours. But this friendly Concord Trailways bus driver came to us and offered to take us to South Station or Concord NH. He was so friendly, helpful, and jovial, we probably would have gone with him to New York!! What a contrast from our dour, non-communicative bus/tram drivers in the Czech Republic! We ended up staying on his bus, and Loralee and Aaron were willing to pick us up in Concord. Then Lloyd called and we had figured out how he could get to Manchester (his plane was 3 hours later than hours), so they picked him up as well.
Gayle, Lloyd's sister, had cleaned our house. Lloyd arranged it before he came to Prague. So we walked into an immaculate home. It was still daylight and everything looked beautiful! My eyes had to adjust to all the color, even the wood floors are colorful compared to our apartment in Prague.
While we waited for Lloyd I started unpacking the first set of luggage, and Lloyd has done the rest this morning. I went to bed at 8:00 (20:00) and Lloyd at 9:00. We were up at 6:00 this morning and watched the sunlight make our yard visible. Its good to be home, even if we had 48 answering machine messages to go through and two bushels of mail. My sister Lorraine had put cream in the refrigerator so we could enjoy our morning cup of coffee, and think about each of you, your prayers, and support of our overseas adventure. Thank you.
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