There's No Place Like Home

Friday, April 5

We are home!

It was a long travel day. We awoke at 3:15 am, Costa Rican time (5:15 Boston time), and Sergio picked us up at 4 am to head for the airport for a 6:30 am flight to Miami. We basically spent a lot of the day standing in lines for various things - in San Jose, to pay exit tax, check-in, security. Then in Miami, pick up baggage, go through customs, check some bags back in, another security check (where Bob was thoroughly examined due to some electronics in his carry-on), walk to the opposite end of the terminal to our departure gate. For all this, we had only two hours layover in Miami. Fortunately for us, there was about a 20-minute boarding delay there.

During all this, we had no time for a meal, though we did get a couple of snacks. The flight from Miami to Boston was quite bumpy, so the flight attendants delayed serving beverages or selling snacks for quite a while.

By pre-arrangement a Gloucester Taxi met us at the airport. We crawled through bumper-to-bumper Friday afternoon traffic halfway home. Finally, the last half hour went smoothly and we felt a thrill as we approached Cape Ann. The afternoon was chilly but the sun was bright. The trees are still bare and things are still brown. We are home in time to watch Spring unfold.

We had a fascinating time in Costa Rica. We avoided the worst of the winter weather in New England, and we learned a lot. We come back with a greater appreciation for where we live - our home, our town, and our country. We were fortunate to be able to take such a long vacation. We are not sure we would want to take such a long one again. Truly, as the famous Dorothy as said, "there's no place like home!"

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