Homeward Bound

With nearly all the adventure behind us, we filled our suitcases tighter than we thought possible and headed for the underground train to take us to Heathrow. Public transportation has been one the girls' favorite parts of the entire trip and the London subway system was no exception. While they enjoyed the frequent stops, the seemingly endless number of escalators, standing on a rapidly moving object, we were again in amazement to the complexity and vastness of this subway system that was sometimes 100’s of feet under a city as old as London! Mind the gap!
The trip from our hotel doorstep all the way through security at the airport was flawless, yet we still found ourselves abandoning our table at a restaurant for lack of time and then later running across the airport as we learned our gate was a 15 minute walk from the main terminal and boarding was closing soon—nothing like boarding a plane a little sweaty from an airport jog!
Despite below average airplane food, served at a very weird time and grumpy passengers behind us we had a great flight. The girls were again enthralled with their personal entertainment systems and worked hard to rush through any journaling or homework we asked them to do. Only Kendall took a nap on the plane and that was less than an hour. We went through customs in Vancouver; I guess it’s a good thing that we were the most scrutinized, examined and questioned at the US Border crossing but at the end of a long day it seemed like over-kill for four American citizens-two of which were under 7. Nevertheless, we made it through and rushed to the last leg of our trip. After a quick flight and a seamless transition to Uber GP’s car, we were heading for dinner. The girls didn’t make it and crashed in the car and were out for the night. It was a little earlier than we had hoped for and we paid the price when 2:30 am rolled around. So here we are in the middle of the night finishing some blogging, journaling, homework, eating dinner and playing all the while wondering what transition back to the Pacific time zone will be like.

One last subway ride.

 Happy travelers!

Tired Travelers!