Art & Architecture Trip - Day 44

I woke up early and said my goodbye's to the Johland family. I will miss them - and I promised to write everyone as soon as I could. Frau Johland took me to the Koln-Bonn airport and I met up with everyone for the flight to Frankfurt. It was good to see Christa again - she knows what it is like to lose a parent (her dad died a few years ago). We got to ride on a Boeing 747 on the way from Frankfurt to New York (better seats that the DC-10). I saw with Christa and talked to her for most of the flight - I never told any of the other girls about Mom dying. I took a little nap, but the sun was out for the whole trip (it was hard to sleep). We arrived in New York around 1900 - and I said goodbye to all the kids from the Program. The fun part of the day began when I realized that I had no time to get from the Lufthansa terminal (international) to the domestic terminal - on a SLOW bus. I made it, but by then my seat had been given to someone else. I was a little mad (also tired) and tried to convince them to get me on the plane. I knew that someone would be coming to the airport and I would have a hard time getting ahold of them. Luckily, I made it onboard and was on my way to Boston before 2030. At Logan, Aunt Bonnie and Uncle Mike met me - I was surprised. They told me they were helping Dad out because the funeral was going to be in a couple of days. It was a long ride home but they were very nice to me. I arrived at the house around 2300 and talked with Dad, Katie and Carolyn for a long time before going to bed. This chapter of my life - an important one - is now completed...