Spain: The Return

The end of a vacation is always a mix of feelings. It's always sad to have a vacation end but at the same time there is something comforting knowing you are going back home and all things familiar. And yes, after seven months here in Prague it does really feel like coming home. Our first flight, from Malaga to Madrid was an easy flight but our connection was hell. We saw that our next flight was leaving from a different terminal; well we assumed it was our flight because it was the only flight to Prague near the same time as our originally scheduled flight. We went down some stairs and long hallways towards the bus to that terminally only to be stopped at checkpoint and told we needed our boarding passes. On the flight over we switched terminals without them but apparently not this time. We wandered back up more steps in search of a Smart Wings counter to get our boarding passes and had to ask several times since there were no signs for anything and the terminal was a crowded mess. Perhaps it was just because of the construction but Madrid was perhaps one of the most unpleasant air ports we had ever been in. After a great deal of walking sweating and complaining we got boarding passes and got on our plane. Since losing one bag on the way to Spain wasn't enough the airlines decided to lose both our bags on the way back - in fact I just got the call that they have found our bags are brining them by later tonight. At least this time it was only a 48 instead of a 72 hour delay in receiving them.

We arrived hoping that everything with Watson had gone well. It felt strange leaving him in our apartment with hopes that he would get enough exercise during his walk time with Petra. Upon our return we were surprised to find Watson wasn't here. We assumed perhaps he was just out for a walk so we got settled back in and began getting girls ready for bed. After a bit Mary sent a text to Petra to let her know we were back and got a reply that she had Watson out at the cottage and would be back later in the night. Turns out Petra spent a great deal of time with Watson, including sleeping on the floor of our apartment curled up next to Watson and her own small poodle. Watson experience three things in the Czech Republic Mary and I haven't done yet: take a train, visit Karljsten Castle outside Prague and spend time at a Czech country cottage. Even today he seems like he's still recovering from his exciting vacation.
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