Wednesday, June 29
Finally Home, for real!
Hi everyone! This is the update
for the last day of our India trip, which was spent going to the
airport at midnight, taking a 2:50 am flight to Frankfurt, and getting
home around 3:00 PM EDT. Here goes...
First, while we were trying to get a little sleep before leaving the hotel, the locals started celebrating some holiday:
The airport was no issue - we hung out in the lounge for an hour or so, Rachel took a nap, then we headed off to the gate. We had previously cleared customs. We got on the 747 and were seated up front - so for those who always wondered what it looks like in the nose - here you go!
Since it was freaking early in the morning we mostly slept on this flight. Waking up a little before 6am Frankfurt time I noted our route and flight status:
While having breakfast, I got a few shots of the area around Budapest -
And Prague (Praha):
On approach to Frankfurt - here's what that area looks like:
First, while we were trying to get a little sleep before leaving the hotel, the locals started celebrating some holiday:
The airport was no issue - we hung out in the lounge for an hour or so, Rachel took a nap, then we headed off to the gate. We had previously cleared customs. We got on the 747 and were seated up front - so for those who always wondered what it looks like in the nose - here you go!
Since it was freaking early in the morning we mostly slept on this flight. Waking up a little before 6am Frankfurt time I noted our route and flight status:
While having breakfast, I got a few shots of the area around Budapest -
And Prague (Praha):
On approach to Frankfurt - here's what that area looks like:
The US Air Force has a presence at Frankfurt airport :
And their airport shuttle train is neat:
We got to our last flight, on an Airbus 330, and the on-board entertainment system was just booting:
Rachel REALLY liked the seat on this plane - it went almost completely flat and was electrically controlled, as opposed to the manual seats we had to endure on the earlier flights...
The last on the plane - the cats and dogs:
A couple last pictures of our plane:
And our route home:
About 9 hours later - our first glimpse on NYC - never have I been so bad to see home!
The only negative of the flight home was my exuberance at finally being able to eat a salad - having eaten nothing but boiled, cooked food for the last two weeks I really wanted a salad or some fruit. Unfortunately, the body was not quite prepared for this change in diet and it took about 4 days for everything to, shall we say, readjust. I also had a bit of a temperature for a day or so - not sure if I picked up something at the end of the trip or if it was just the stress of the trip. But as I write this, we're both fine, back at work, and enjoying telling everyone the stories of our adventure. Thanks for following along!