Day 16: May 15, 2015 - See You Later, Europe! Hello, Dr. Pepper!

Around midnight, we got up, collected our things, said bye to Mom and Dad, and headed down to the train station. We found the right train and got on. Since it was just the four of us, we just got one cabin. We put all of our luggage on the one upper side so Al and I shared the other top and Jess and Cory had the bottom two.

After a long, restless night squished between suitcases and Al, the guy brought us some breakfast. The rolls were really good. 

Have I mentioned that I hate night trains?

We got to Switzerland and off the train. We found the train to the airport and got on that. Once we got to the airport, we found our gate after turning around a bunch of times. That airport is huge and sucks. They wouldn't let us check in for an hour so Jess and I chilled while Cory and Al went to find some food. I was not a fan of the Switzerland airport. 

We checked in, went through security, and found our gate. We weren't leaving for a while so we just hung out and watched a movie. We got on the plane and it ended up being not full at all, there were a bunch of empty rows. So we were smart and each took a row. I slept pretty much the entire way to New York. It was wonderful. 

We were stuck in the security line forever in New York but that was to be expected. I was smart and opted to let them swab my hands for gun powder and got to go through the easy security line. I ended up waiting for Al, Jess, and Cor for a while. We found our gate and got some food and DR. PEPPER!!! 

I slept pretty much the whole way home from New York too. We got in around 9:00 and the Horton's were really nice and picked us up. It was good to be home. Al and I stayed up until around 3:00am, dang jet lag! It was nice to be back in my own bed though. 

This trip was absolutely amazing! I am so grateful for the opportunity to go. I am so grateful for my amazing parents for letting us tag along with them on their sabbatical and for paying for their poor children. Traveling in Europe with your parents is very different than traveling by yourself or with students. You stay in much nicer hotels haha and don't have to worry about starving on the streets. I am so grateful for my amazing family and all the memories we made while on this trip. I'm grateful for the safety we enjoyed and that even pregnant Jess made it through with no problems. We were definitely blessed. I will forever cherish these memories and can't wait for the next trip! No matter where life takes me, I am so grateful for my Heavenly Father for creating this beautiful world for me to explore. See you on the next trip! Bon Voyage!