Excited to be going home to the USA after being abroad for 61 days, we were up and at 'em, and on the hotel shuttle to the airport by 8:20 this morning. Our departure from Rome this morning was much smoother than our arrival last night. And before we knew it, we were through all the security checks and boarding our plane. We set our clocks to EDT and hoped this would help our bodies reset to Eastern time too. We lucked out and got two seats on the right hand side of the plane and didn't have to sit in the claustrophobic middle section and on-board movies and multiples snacks helped the 9 hour flight go by pretty quickly. We landed in Philadelphia complete with applause from the other American passengers. Apparently, we weren't the only ones glad to be back home. Our 3-hour layover was just about the right amount of time to go through customs, get our luggage, go through security again and have a quick beer and light snack before taking off about 7:15 (1:15 am, Rome time)for the final leg to Orlando where Dick's sister, Kathy picked us up. As the photo of Dick reading a "Sports Illustrated" indicates, it is so great to be able to read magazines again--and to get caught up on American news and sports!
The sign of a good trip is when you have a wonderful time, but you're glad to be home! (At this point, Orlando is close enough to home to qualify!) To quote our grandson Gabe, singing "I Love the USA" at his preschool graduation, "The rain falls down, I love this lane!" Translation-"There ain't no doubt, I love this land!"
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