KIV: Take 3

At 2:45 AM, the taxi arrived, and we made our third trip to the Chisinau airport (KIV). For the third time, we loaded all of our luggage into the taxi. And waved Good Bye/La Revedere to our favorite Chisinau landmarks. Wondering if this time, all would go smoothly with our flights home.

We arrived, checked in, went through passport control, security, the waiting area, got on the shuttle bus out to the tarmac. Wow. Could it be that we were actually getting on the plane to head home to Florida? We had been frustrated that things didn't go as planned. That we had shut down our apartment and turned over the keys, only to find that we needed a place to stay. That my parents were in Florida for a visit, but we were not. That Ramsay's parents were expecting us for a holiday visit that would also be delayed.

But here we were, actually on the shuttle to the plane. Which was actually on the tarmac, waiting for us to board. And it was sad.

We had a long day, a very long day, of travel ahead of us. And unlike to flight TO Europe, much of which was overnight, this trip home would take place entirely during waking hours. We had quite a large bag of activities and toys and treats. As it turned out, the flight home did not have the nifty video players at each seat. But we didn't need videos, when we had coloring books and paper dolls. Peggy was happy and entertained the entire trip, which included a very long layover in Frankfurt. She is a great travel companion, and I am so happy she came along with me for this grand adventure.