Friday, April 21, 2023

Last day!

After a nice dinner last night, Yelena and I joined Jovana and Zoran back at their apartment.  They gave us gifts for the kids, a bottle of rakia, jars of honey and ajvar to take back to the states.  I gave them a corkscrew I picked up in Montenegro.  This gift was a bit of a joke, as Zoran couldn't find a corkscrew  during a previous dinner and he had to go buy screw top wine.

We had a few glasses of wine with dinner and after dinner. Getting up at 3:30 am this morning was rough!
We were the only ones in the street. The Car:Go app worked fine and it was our fastest drive ever to Nikola Tesla airport (85 mph the entire way!).

All that speed was for nothing, however as the passport and luggage processing at Belgrade int'l was THE WORST.  After standing a long time, we jumped the long line in both the passport area AND luggage area, confirming the reputation of "Ugly American tourists".  We feel bad about that, but the alternative was to miss our flight.  As it was  we RAN the long distance to our gate and were the last ones into the plane.  They closed the boarding gate right behind us. It was stressful, to say the least. 

Flight to Amsterdam was uneventful. Flight over the ocean was long, but maybe we got some sleep?

We found Minnesota, on our return, cold! Borderline sleet/rain, mid 30s, but no snow left on the ground.
Unpacking when we got home, we were happy to find the gifts Jovana and Zoran sent home with us were undamaged!
Although, regrettably, we lost a few ml of rakia, due to the lid not fitting tight.  Luckily, we double plastic bagged it, so no real damage done to anything else.

Luna pickup went fine.  Her stay plus bath approached $600. 
and Lex is home for the weekend, filing out summer job paperwork.

It's good to be home!

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