Home again

I'll add pictures to this post in a bit.

Monday 10/29 we started for home. In the morning we got all packed and ready to go. Susan still felt terribly sick, but there wasn't an opportunity to get her to the doctor as we had Ellen and Matt. We hoped to do it when we got to London. Kris loaded us all up in the van and we drove to Geneva -- about two hours from Lyon. After many hugs and kisses we parted from Kris and Yasmine. Our stay in Switzerland was brief and uneventful. We loaded onto an EasyJet flight and flew back to London Gatwick. There we checked into the airport Hilton for a very comfortable last night in the UK. My aunt Anne was supposed to join us but she stayed home -- sick. Whatever we all had, we'd given to her. By the time of this writing I suppose all our French relatives are sick as well. This was a nasty bug. After a shower and a change of clothes, Susan felt well enough to stick it out for one more day, promising she'd see the doctor back in Minnesota.

Tuesday morning we had a lovely breakfast and walked back over to the airport terminal for our departing flight. Ten hours later we were back in Minneapolis. But not before Jacob threw up on the plane again. Darn.

So that brings us to today. Susan went to the doctor and is now taking antibiotics. Matt has finished his and Ellen has a few days left. Jacob is fine. Everyone went back to school & work and we are back to our normal routine. Halloween trick-or-treating was successful and each of the kids have a load of candy to keep them on maximum sugar high until Christmas.

It was a GREAT vacation. But as always it is also very nice to be home.