Europe Part 22: Home!

Almost done! So! On our last day, we had breakfast in the hotel which was a bit overpriced but worth it just because it meant I got to have Jessie stop and eat something in the morning. If we had to ‘look’ for somewhere to eat we wouldn’t have stopped moving until we were at the gate. Anyway, it was walk, metro, metro, metro all the way to the airport. I was actually really impressed that we were able to get all the way from Paris, back inside our house in Austin, *all without ever stepping outside*. I messed up the airport metro tickets a bit, but I wasn’t the only one, clearly. So we just sort of slipped out with other people at the exit turnstiles.

Once we found our gate, we spent a lot of time shopping at the duty free store, mostly getting chocolate. We still have some of it, in fact. Good stuff. The plane ride across the ocean wasn’t too bad, actually. We had the middle seats, three of them, to ourselves, so first I took a nap on Jessie’s lap then she returned the favor. She even played with my beard and my bald head while I rested, which always feels really nice. She’s a great wife.

Oh, and two more adventures. Before customs in Dallas, where we landed, I was using the bathroom and saw someone leave their passport by the sink. Well I picked it up, found the guy by his face in the passport, and gave him his papers back. He was quite relieved, and I felt good.

Then, while resting at the gate in Dallas, Jess was reorganizing our backpacks for the flight. When it was time for us to board, I looked around our seats to check for anything left behind, and it turns out it was a good thing I did. We nearly left the CAMERA. I gave Jessie very stern looks for that, you can be sure. Very stern.

Past that, not much to report. Flights are never that exciting, at least you generally hope they’re not. Then we got home, relaxed, and spent the next several days trying to get over jetlag and the next several weeks blogging about it.

And that was Europe.