Chicago 2016 - The Journey Home

Air travel is amazing. There's no other way to put it. It still boggles my mind that we get on a plane in America and get off that same plane in Australia. That's a good thing to keep in mind when that same journey feels twice as long as it really is.


When we arrived at the airport in Chicago, I checked my email and found that out plane was to be delayed by 45 minutes. Normally that's not so bad, but when we only had 45 minutes between flights in LA, it mattered.
Then there was another email saying everything had been fixed and we would leave at the scheduled time. Whew!


But then the plane was delayed anyway! Would we get to our next flight?


As our plane pulled into gate 72 in LA, our next plane was in gate 74, so we had no problems getting to it. But if you want to get off a plane quickly, don't sit in the back seat!


Our flight from LA to Melbourne was wonderfully uneventful. But it felt so so long.

18 hours in the back seat of a plane will do this to anyone.

 It's good to be back in Melbourne. Although having sons in different parts of the world means we get to visit different places.

Good to be home with Daniel

We must give a huge thanks to my Mum and Dad for making this journey possible for us. Seeing where Tom has been studying, listening to the improvement in his voice, and meeting so many of his friends has been amazing.