June 25:

Travel Day: Up at 5:00 and head down the road at 5:45 for the three hour drive to the Milan Airport (Malpensa). Its already light so, that's nice. As we head out of the mountains, we see villages up on the hills and the land slowly gets flatter. 























We drive through one town after another where we have to slow down to a crawl even though its early Saturday morning and not many people are out. Because of the winding roads, I'm going slow anyway, but we make good progress.

We get to the airport right on schedule. Louisa did a good job of getting us there. 

A rain storm came up just as it was time to board the plane. We had to walk out on the tarmac and up stairs - we all got drenched, even with an umbrella. Then wait for an hour because you can't fuel the plane with lightning in the area. No problem, we didn't have anywhere else to go.

We eat lunch at a fish restaurant at Schipol and then board the train for Soest. An hour later, we get off at Baarn to change trains and we're told that our connecting train is not working because the electricity is out. But, they provide a bus which takes us to our stop and by 5:15, we're at the house.

It feels like home - very familiar and comfortable. Dinner is a drink and snacks - didn't feel like going out. It was a long day but not much exertion. Better than a 10 hour drive. "Its good to be home."