Flying is the price you pay to be able to travel. After a good European breakfast of meat, cheese, fruit and fresh sweet rolls we took the shuttle to the Budapest airport. We met some fellow Canadians who had an even longer flight home to Vancouver on the shuttle.
Marilyn misplaced her wedding ring when packing this morning so she was stressed since we had to catch our flight. We searched the entire room but had to leave. Marilyn found the ring at the bottom of her suitcase when we got home. Whew!
Even though we checked in online, the Budapest airport requires every traveler to wait in line to check in. It took 45 minutes to drop our bag but only 5 minutes to clear security. Even though the flight to Frankfurt left 10 minutes, we arrived in Frankfurt on time. I spent my last Euros on a coffee and Baileys at the duty free shop. Loading over 400 people on a 747 was a bit chaotic since Lufthansa does not load by sections.
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| Carl and Marilyn await our flight in Frankfurt |
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| Lufthansa still flies 747's |
The 8 hour flight from Frankfurt to Toronto was the longest flight I've ever taken. Despite free drinks, a dinner, a snack and plenty of offers of water, the flight still was too long. After 2 movies and some reading I still had a lot of time to look at the tops of clouds outside the window. The only land I saw as when we crossed northern Scotland. I hoped we could see the ground when we crossed Greenland but no such luck.
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| A view of Aberdeen in northern Scotland |
Carl was met by Louise who hired a limo. A classy way for him to end his vacation.
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| Carl ends his trip in style with a Limo ride home |
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| Marilyn wais for the Brandon limo ride home |
Marilyn celebrated finding her wedding ring with a drink of the cherry schnapps we bought in the Black Forest.
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| Marilyn toasts her safe return with some Cherry Schnapps from the Black Forest |
Tomorrow we will celebrate Thanksgiving by being thankful for an awesome vacation as well as the other blessings in our lives.
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