Friday, April 3 – Going home today!! It has been an awesome adventure but I’m really ready to go home… I can’t believe I will see my family in a few hours. 
Not looking forward to the long flight from Amsterdam to Minneapolis but I know it gets me closer to my destination. 8-1/2 ho
urs on an airplane is a long time…I spent a lot of it reading the Stieg Larsson book that Jens & Jessica gave me at the Farewell Party (got through page 492 but couldn’t quite get to the end…) It was strange to say one last "goodbye" to Christina and Bo - - they've been such a part of our adventure that it was strange to think that we might not see them again! Bo may be coming to Minnesota in two weeks for our District Conference if things work out AND we know that we'll see the Sweden team a couple of times during the month of April as they visit our area.
Not looking forward to the long flight from Amsterdam to Minneapolis but I know it gets me closer to my destination. 8-1/2 ho
urs on an airplane is a long time…I spent a lot of it reading the Stieg Larsson book that Jens & Jessica gave me at the Farewell Party (got through page 492 but couldn’t quite get to the end…) It was strange to say one last "goodbye" to Christina and Bo - - they've been such a part of our adventure that it was strange to think that we might not see them again! Bo may be coming to Minnesota in two weeks for our District Conference if things work out AND we know that we'll see the Sweden team a couple of times during the month of April as they visit our area.Going through the first security check, I ended up losing my lingon berries that I had bought for Tyler – I was pretty bummed about that but everything else survived the trip.
We arrived in Minneapolis way ahead of schedule and ended up waiting just outside the gates for ours to open up. Our group was wayyyyyy in the “back of the bus” – I was in row 42 of 43 if that tells you anything. Going through customs didn’t take as long as I thought and Kara was the only one of us who ended up being pulled aside for additional screening mostly because of the bag of flour that she had been carrying since Alingsas.
We said our goodbyes to one another at the top of the stairs just outside of customs because we knew it would be crazy once we walked out the door… and it was. I was SOOOOOO happy to see Kevin and he got the chance to meet several of the group that I had been traveling with.
The ride home was pretty uneventful but rather than going right home – we stopped up to the golf club for the season opening party to see some of my friends. After a warm welcome, a few of my friends came home for a final, final beverage for
the night --- Royce and I finished my trip the same way it started; with a shot of ackavit. It’s been a great adventure – but it’s also great to come home to such a warm welcome!!!
Saturday morning started relatively early - - even though I stayed up until at least midnight on Friday, I was WIDE AWAKE at 4 AM. I finally gave in about 6:30 AM and got out of bed and started to unpack… Zoe, my cat, was right
beside me the entire time – she missed me too! This about wraps up the blog - - thank you to everyone who has been following me on this fantastic adventure! I’m looking forward to starting to work on my scrapbook soon… take care!
We arrived in Minneapolis way ahead of schedule and ended up waiting just outside the gates for ours to open up. Our group was wayyyyyy in the “back of the bus” – I was in row 42 of 43 if that tells you anything. Going through customs didn’t take as long as I thought and Kara was the only one of us who ended up being pulled aside for additional screening mostly because of the bag of flour that she had been carrying since Alingsas.
We said our goodbyes to one another at the top of the stairs just outside of customs because we knew it would be crazy once we walked out the door… and it was. I was SOOOOOO happy to see Kevin and he got the chance to meet several of the group that I had been traveling with.
The ride home was pretty uneventful but rather than going right home – we stopped up to the golf club for the season opening party to see some of my friends. After a warm welcome, a few of my friends came home for a final, final beverage for
the night --- Royce and I finished my trip the same way it started; with a shot of ackavit. It’s been a great adventure – but it’s also great to come home to such a warm welcome!!!Saturday morning started relatively early - - even though I stayed up until at least midnight on Friday, I was WIDE AWAKE at 4 AM. I finally gave in about 6:30 AM and got out of bed and started to unpack… Zoe, my cat, was right
beside me the entire time – she missed me too! This about wraps up the blog - - thank you to everyone who has been following me on this fantastic adventure! I’m looking forward to starting to work on my scrapbook soon… take care!
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