Home again

Today we left the apartment after a semi-leisurely morning. Since we had most things packed the night before it was easier in the morning. The kids played and we had breakfast and packed the car. We had talked about going to another small town this morning so we headed off to the town. It was another small town that had been recommended so we weren't sure what to expect. We arrived at the town but we stopped just outside the walls since Ali was asleep. Since she was really tired and we had a flight ahead of us we decided to skip the town and drive straight to the airport. It was a good thing we skipped the town b/c as we were driving away we realized that we had miscalculated our time and we wouldn't have had time to see the town anyway. It was a good thing Ali was sleeping otherwise we would have been rushing to make our flight. We had an easy drive to the airport and found the car rental return with out any trouble. We made it to our gate and I went and waited in line for food. As I was waiting in line my eyes were scanning the bottled drink section. I always scan the bottled drinks area in hopes of seeing a diet sprite but until that moment I had never seen any. I was elated when my eyes landed on the diet sprite! I asked the guy behind me to save my spot and I ran over and grabbed three bottles of diet sprite. I know it doesn't sound that special but when you can't have something it just makes it taste even better. It was a great way to end our time on vacation.

Our flight was uneventful and we landed n Prague. We went to get our luggage which also arrived without a problem and we saw a couple of nuns. Ali was fascinated! At first she was saying, "married!". I had to explain that they weren't married and that it was just the kind of clothes they wear. She didn't seem to get that so I said it is like when Sofia goes to school she wears her uniform. She understood that but she still loved them. At one point Ali didn't want to leave and I said, "do you want to go home with the nuns?". She said, "Yes." and started to walk over to them!! I quickly grabbed her and picked her up. She then kept asking about the "muns". It was hard to keep a straight face when she kept saying, "where are the muns?"

We arrived back at our apartment and it was freezing! Apparently it had been really cold in Prague while we were enjoying glorious fall weather in Italy. We called Petra, our dog sitter, and she brought Watson home to us. Watson clearly had a great time. We are his parents and Petra is his best friend. It was nice to be home again.