Day 10

Happy Homecoming Day!! All of your kids are safe and sound at home, but I wanted to post a final blog to recap our last day. Our wake up call was 6am! The kids did not like that, but as we were waiting in the lobby for our bus to the airport, many of the students from other groups came down to say some very tearful goodbyes. It was wonderful seeing the friendships that were made and hopefully will continue over time. That's what Facebook is for right? We arrived at the airport with plenty of time to grab some Burger King and fruit smoothies for the flight to Paris. After a quick 2 hours, it was a fight against the clock to make our next plane in just a little over one hour. We had to get off the plane, go through the passport check, board a shuttle to our terminal, walk to the gate, and try to squeeze a bathroom stop somewhere in there. We made it with 10 minutes to spare. Phew! The flight was uneventful, but unfortunately delayed. It didn't help that we spent an extra 30 minutes on the tarmac waiting to get to our gate. Border Control and Customs was horrible. It always amazing me at how difficult it is to get into the United States. Every European border check has just one line, takes a quick peek at your passport, and then you're in! The USA...3 different lines, 3-5 different people looking at your passport and asking you questions about whether or not you touched the horses and the Hungarian horse farm and brought diseases back with you! We made it though! I am so grateful to have been part of this trip and to have shared in your kids international travel experience. I hope that they continue to travel for the rest of their lives and have learned a thing or two about the rest of the world. Until the next trip....auf weidersehen, ahoy, do widzenia, szia!

Budapest Airport

Matt doesn't want to leave...

Flying over Canada

Just landed! Home sweet home.