Last Flight Home

Today we flew home to the U.S. As we made our way to the Frankfurt Airport, after having said goodbye to our empty house and taking one last swing in the backyard, the kids were fretting about whether or not we would get Business Class seats on the airplane. We had confirmed business class seats, but as we have discovered in the past, that can all change in the blink of an eye.

At the airport, checking on poor Guinness. Lufthansa advises pet owners to not give their pets any sleeping medication. They found that pets would be more upset if they woke up in the cargo section of the airplane during the flight rather than being aware of what was happening the whole time.

Happily for all of us, we got those confirmed seats after all. The seats are in pairs and my traveling buddy was Emilie. Right away, the flight attendants approached us with champagne, juice and games and treats for the kids.

The nicest thing about flying business class is being able to stretch out, a close second is the personal movie screen and third is the attentive service.

After the flight, I said to David, "You know, flying business class is like sitting in your family room at home for an entire day in a recliner, watching all those movies on DVD you've been meaning to see, while a servant in the kitchen cooks and brings you a "gourmet" dinner and checks on you every so often to see if you would like more wine. Then you doze off for an hour or two and wake up and realize you're thirsty and right then, your servant comes up to you with a tray of juices and water to choose from. And it continues like that for another few hours. It's quite a treat when you think about it."

In Atlanta waiting for Guinness to be brought to us.  It took us forever to get through all the necessary checks in Atlanta.  In fact, we needed to go through security, including scanning our bags and having us walk through a metal detector, to exit from baggage claim area and enter the main area of the airport. 

And then we were in our rented minivan, driving toward Peachtree City and our new life in the U.S.