July 27th: Going Home

I luckily slept during most of the overnight flight to Brussels, (including sleeping through dinner and breakfast.) After some confusion transferring flights in Brussels, we finally boarded our plane to Newark. I could not wait to get back. Our flight went quicker than expected and a little girl sitting next to Kim and I drew our portraits and gave them to us. (How cute!) A baby sitting next to us was very upset on the decent, so I distracted her with bubble-blowing. Before we knew it, we had landed safe and sound in New Jersey!! I was so excited to turn on my phone and actually find service and call and text people on the way to baggage claim. Kim and I got our bags and then parted ways, (I would later find out that her 6 p.m. flight didn't leave until 9:30 p.m!!) It will be hard getting used to only seeing her every few months instead of every minute like we have for the past week and a half.

It is wonderful being back. I feel so lucky to have experienced everything I have in the past month, including this trip, but the best part is realizing how fortunate I am to have so much to return to, (most importantly all of the wonderful people that have supported me on this journey.)

Thank you for taking the time to read my blog about my trip.

I will try to post pictures by the end of this week, (I took almost 1,100 so it'll take me awhile to edit that list down,) and will post links to the albums on here when they're up. :-)

Thanks again for all the support and sharing this experience with me!