Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Tuesday, October 9

This is it. Time to go home. A year and a half of dreaming and a year of planning and three and a half weeks of sensory overload is over.
We started off the morning with getting a coffee and muffin from Starbucks and having on the roof of the hotel and watched Barcelona come to life. Our taxi arrived on time and we were at the airport in plenty of time to catch our flight. Pretty uneventful. We had to change terminals in London, but fortunately not airports. It meant going through security again and somehow that is stressful.
We had a little time in the airport before the flight to Calgary, so we wandered in the shops a bit. The flight home was very long. Only 8 1/2 hours, but seemed like twice that. Neither of us could sleep and the people in front had their seat backs fully reclined the whole trip. The flight was quite turbulent in places. Wendy didn't feel well, but I don't think it was related to the bumps.
Colin was waiting for us, and Jen, Annie and Tucker were waiting in the car. Really good to see all of them. We visited for awhile before heading for bed. The 8 hour time change really messes up one's system.
As I was taking Annie out before bed it struck me. It was cold out and everything was of course familiar, and yet we had been in such a different world for over three weeks. Only yesterday we were walking on the beach in Barcelona. That 'reality' was wonderful, but this 'reality' is the one we live in. I wouldn't want it any other way.

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