Thursday, September 17, 2009

Day 17 – Going Home 8/25

Amsterdam, to Philadelphia to Denver.

Noooooooooo! Tears streaming down our faces!

Okay, Not really – but the end of our trip has finally come. Slowly, thoughts of finances, work, obligations, cleaning, cooking – these all flood back to our head.

We woke up at 6am, with enough time to grab a final buffet breakfast and fresh coffee on the pavilion deck of the ship. Then, off on a bus to be deposited at the airport. No one to bring us drinks here – or to say “Mr. Steve, Mrs. Sarah – how was your day?”. No seven course meals waiting for us. Oh boy was this a GREAT TRIP!

So, we are sitting at the airport awaiting our flight to Phili followed by a flight to Denver. Total travel time – over 13 hours.

It will be good to sleep in a bed with the correct number of pillows. Steve’s one complaint was a general lack of large quantities of pillows. And it will be great to hug Delilah and force her against her will to cuddle with us. I hope she didn’t have too much fun at Kirsten and James’s house with their dogs.

All-in-all I would say a successful holiday. We packed about as much into it as any two people could. And got a heck of a lot out of it as well. It was wonderful – 5 stars – 2 thumbs up – and we would recommend the trip to anyone! And now I can say I’ve been to:

Holland
Germany
Denmark
Sweden
Finland
Russia
Estonia

And, enjoyed every moment.

Drawn on the plane ride home....

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