Man, my internet was down for over a week before we left Munich (damn Germans decided to strike right before we left) and I feel like I'm totally out of touch. Anyway, we're back in the States now and I'm totally jet lagged, but happy to be home. Finn and Addi were fabulous for me on the trip home. She only fussed on take off and landing a bit and, thanks to her, I only had to sit in the crappy airline seat for about 2.5 of the 9 hours of flight. We walked around most of the rest of the time and were quite a hit with our fellow passengers. We also enjoyed looking in the mirror in the bathrooms, probably had people wondering why we were in the bathroom so much, but hey, you do what works ;-)

Now for American customs - - talk about a cluster f*ck! The inefficiency is WAY out of control there. They seem to have managed to make a bad system worse by doing silly things like not letting people talk on cell phones while waiting in line to clear customs, requiring people to take their shoes off and randomly checking by hand, etc. All of which really slow the system down, but they don't seem to have installed any really good scanning devices that would pick up important problem items. Additionally, Dulles is a really crappy airport (my first time through there) and you have to go through security again after you clear customs before you can get on another flight. It seems to me you'd connect the areas so once people were through security they'd be done, but what do I know...

Other than that things went well. Finn passed his pat down (kid you not) with flying colors and Addi displayed minimal fussiness (and minimal sleep). Then we had a lovely escort home from Brendon's folks. It was so good to see them when we got to the airport :) Now we're looking forward to introducing Addi to the rest of the family and friends. Let the fun begin.