The title means “Home Again”
Robert and I got up this morning in Luxembourg and ate a very nice breakfast at the hotel. We had cleverly packed everything up last night, so, as soon as the dust was off of breakfast, we drove to the Luxembourg Airport. There were workers digging and tunneling in the parking lot, and there were no signs.
We initially had trouble finding where to return rental cars at that airport. Robert parked in short term parking and went in to ask at the counter. He came back to the car with a pen-drawn map on his baggage claim card. The rental cars went through an unmarked gate and down two levels of an underground parking lot… anyway…
Robert and I flew then from Luxembourg to Frankfurt, Germany on a short puddle jumper flight. At the busy Frankfurt airport, we ate sausages and pretzels in the airport and then boarded a very wide jet plane for the eight hour flight over the Atlantic. During the flight, Robert read a book that he bought in France and worked crossword puzzles. Berry read her Kindle and tabulated our totals for this birding trip.
The airport in Newark, NJ makes Frankfurt seem quaint. There we grabbed a ride in an almost empty plane for the trip to Memphis. All total, Robert and I spent eleven hours in the air. Robert’s brother and his wife met us at the airport. We will pick up Cosmo the dog tomorrow.
This was a great birding trip and a fabulous vacation. France is a beautiful country. We identified a total of eighty-one Life Birds, which we had never seen before. It surprised us that so many ducks and geese live in Europe and America. Thanks, everyone, for reading the blog and being with us on our European birding trip.
Berry and Robert
Photos courtesy of wikipedia and bfowler
I enjoyed your trip! Thanks for sharing! Nancy
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