I figured it was about time I updated you all on where we are. Well, we made it to Holland safe and sound. (We actually travelled on our 13th Anniversary...) We managed to make our connecting flight in Frankfurt after walking what felt like miles after exiting the aircraft on the tarmac and going by bus to the transit terminal. During our flight the woman in front of us wasn't waking up and her family members began to panic. The were of Indian descent and made a lot of noise in their panic while tryingto get her to wake up. Turns out she'd taken a sleeping pill. But there was a lot of commotion around us for about 20 minutes as paramedics and then a doctor (both Italian) checked her out. Never a dull moment! The boys slept through the entire event even though it happened in the row right in front of us.
We were happy when all of our totes came onto the luggage belt in Amsterdam. Always a relief. In spite of having one too many pieces of luggage, we were not charged anything for it! I feel this is because by the time we were at the check-in desk, there was a rather lengthy queue behind us and the people behind the desk were checking their watches... They didn't even check what kind of carry-ons we had (also too many) Whew... After collecting our large amount of luggage, we exited the baggage claim where we were met by some of the members of Hugo's family which is always fun!
Now we're in the city of Enschede which sports some incredibly long street names and is right on the border with Germany. To top it all off, the weather has been really really nice.... like, no rain... :-)