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08/10/24 Zurich to Amsterdam to Las Vegas to home

We had an early wake up at 5 a.m. We were given some bagged breakfasts (which turns out were kinda horrible, but no big deal. We will end up having about 6 meals before we arrive home! haha)

We took a bus to the airport and were all settle in by about 7 a.m. Our flight was supposed to be 9:20 a.m. -  11 a.m. The connector was 12:30 p.m. -- which SHOULD be enough time to switch ... but they worried us a little. Our 9:20 didn't end up leaving until after 9:40 a.m. and then when we arrived we had to taxi awhile and it was about 11:30 a.m. when we finally landed. And we still had to get off the plane and go like 2 miles from the b-gate to the d-gate!  Lucky for us we had a handicapped motor coach -- seats 6 -- and they took us across the airport. Felt like it took FOREVER but it was fine!

On our flight from Zurich to Amsterdam the guy behind us had a mask on. And kept coughing. And then had a 10-sneeze sneezing fit. I thought we were doomed and would surely get sick!  But alas, we've been blessed.  As I write this it's a full week later and we had no ill effects from traveling!  Hallelujah!

By the time we got home it was 7:30 p.m. Utah time and we had once again traveled almost 24 hours from door step to door step. 

What a wonderful experience! I feel like we were truly blessed from start to finish. Andy was able to do everything. His stomach never got sick from the antibiotics. He was tired but not so much that it stopped him. The weather was great all week. We had a little cloudy and a very little drizzle but mostly just perfect...if you don't mind a little (lot) of humidity!

Last week there were some major problems with flights and delays. I had several friends get grounded and wait for DAYS to get home...like 4 days!  So I felt very blessed to have our flights workout perfectly and without missed connections. 

As we entered different areas people would say, oh we had such a storm yesterday. Or we had some of the excursions that got rained out or rained on...but we lucked out again and again with great weather!

And the people on the tour were so fun. We made so many new friends and just really enjoyed the experience. I'm so glad we went!  





This guy behind us is who we're going to blame
if we get sick after this trip!

Wow that's a long flight!

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