Departure Day, Part 3

continuation of the revisit of our departure day for Prague...

Drop-off at the airport, check-in, security and boarding all went very smoothly. Mary's parents saw us off at the airport. Once on-board we got the kids situated in their car seats and were ready to go. Mary and packed a lot of snacks and new toys for the kids and much of it was needed. Sofia was well behaved and fell asleep towards the end of the food-service and didn't wake until I picked her out of her seat at Frankfurt. Ali required a lot of maintenance and Mary was sitting next to Ali so that was tough for her. After a while Ali fell asleep on Mary but awoke early and required a lot of attention. The layover in Frankfurt was fine; the kids did well considering their lack of sleep and our one hour hop to Prague was easy.

Arriving in Prague, we got through immigration easily, our bags were some of the first off the plane and our driver was waiting as expected right outside customs. It was a tight fit getting the bags in the car but we managed and the girls fell asleep for the 20 minute ride to the apartment. The team of people we were to meet to do the handover of the apartment were all on hand: the couple who own the building, their son, my relocation assistant, the realtor and some woman I never could identify. It was an oddly long process with everyone discussing documents in the living room for upwards of 20 minutes before I had to sign anything. Everyone slowly filed out and we were now in our new home.