Sunday, February 17, 2013

The Journey Home

We know it will be a long process getting home. Pick up from the hotel to get to the airport hours before our flight. Then we go to Delhi and have an 11 hour layover, long enough to visit Sybil who should be getting discharged tomorrow. 
Sybil feeling better, Frank trying to keep his cold away

Then a 7 hour flight to Frankfurt, another layover and an 11 hour flight home. We start the process now, packing our bags and checking things twice. Susan and I still have colds and we are both just exhausted and wish like Dorothy we could just click our heals together and travel by saying ‘I wish I could go home, instead we’ll use Lufthansa. 

We pack our acquisitions; prayer flags, incense, bronze statues of Ganesha, books, incense burners, and a particularly nice bronze statue of Agni (fire) Tara, a goddess of compassion to guard over our home.
Agni Tera Goddess for our home

 Many pictures and even more memories. We hope we have had a positive impact on those we have met. We know we have taken in more than we realize and look forward to remembering these experiences.  We will be reflecting for a long time. Already we have a new understanding and appreciation of our everyday life.  
Home Sweet Home

Our friend Bob Berger is at the airport to pick us up.  What a gift to see a familiar face and not have to deal with transportation.  Now we face the 13 hour time adjustment and getting over our colds..  



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