Day 14, 19 May - Home

Not much to say about today, except that we were met by Rolf at the dropoff location this morning. He was there waiting for us at 8:10am (Germany time) in a BMW 730Ld. After removing some Euro-only bits from the car (warning triangle, first aid kit, front plate) and packing them away, we were off to the airport. Rolf was great; much friendlier than a cabbie, and much more helpful. He even walked our luggage to the ticket counter.

The flight home was fine. We were able to get through about 1.5 episodes of Heros before my laptop battery died, but fortunately the movies showing were good (“Music and Lyrics” and “The Holiday”). Charlotte’s international arrivals procedure is so much more pleasant than Hartsfields. We were out of the airport and on the highway in 1 hour. I have to think that had we flown from Hartsfield that it would have taken at least 2 hours to accomplish the same task. We made it home in record time; even stopping at our local Waffle House for dinner. It’s all I can do to stay up to write this, but I want to get back on a normal time schedule as soon as I can.

Aside from the weather, the trip was fabulous. The Ring Taxi was simply amazing. The Driving Tours books were almost indespensible, as was the NAV system. We put a total of 1840 miles on the car and spent close to $500 on gas. The wait for redelivery will be agonizing, but at least we can look forward to getting our painting from Strasbourg in a week or two.