Home Sweet Home!

 

Hello!

See, I did remember something!  At this point, my headache-y self is struggling to stay awake.  Poor Robert has been up since 3 a.m.  I was lucky – I managed to sleep from about 8:30 p.m. – 7 a.m. I definitely need to re-load my sleep bank!

At any rate, we had a fairly uneventful trip home.  After getting to the Madrid Airport Hilton, we had a great early dinner there, and then retired for the night.  Robert, the super-packer, did a fabulous job integrating the four bottles of sherry that we bought the first week of our trip into the luggage.  Don’t know how he does it, but figure it’s probably a trade secret.  

As our plane didn’t leave until about 2:30 p.m. on Friday, we had a lovely breakfast at the hotel, and then about 9-ish took the hotel shuttle to Terminal 2.  There were just a few people in line to check in at the Norwegian Airlines counter, and in minutes we had dropped our luggage and headed for the gate.  Again, not many people in line for security, and we had no problems at all. 

The plane came in on time, and there were no problems getting on the plane.  We were in economy this time, but we both had aisle bulkhead seats, so plenty of room.  We were also served a meal – but this time, the options were “chicken or OX” – hello??  Ox??  At any rate, we were the first to be served, and everyone around us who had meals ordered chicken.  I feel sorry for the folks who were left with the OX option, although what do I know?!  It might be delicious!  (But I’m highly skeptical…)

A long flight – a little under 12 hours, but good on the whole.  Only difficulty I had was that Norwegian hadn’t changed any of their movies, so I re-watched The Meg and the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel yet again, at least twice!  Processing in to LAX was easy with Global Entry, and our bags came fairly quickly this time!  

The Southwest flight back to Tucson was also fine – the plane arrived early, and we arrived in Tucson 15 minutes early.  Our dear friends and neighbors, Bob and Stew, were there to meet us, and in now time at all we were home!  At last!

Thank you so very, very much for coming along with us on our trip!  It is always so much fun to hear from people and get their comments and thoughts.  If and when I ever wake up, I’ll certainly be able to respond to emails!

Until the next trip, and sending lots and lots of love to all!

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xxx