Finland : Homeward bound

We woke up and had an early-bird breakfast at the hotel. The regular continental breakfast doesn't start until 6.

These people are full of energy.

It was so nice not to have to drag all of our luggage back and forth between the airport and hotel.We checked our last bag and the stroller since they said we couldn't check it at the gate.

The Helsinki airport has had these floors for as long as I can remember.

Henry has grown since our last trip.

We found our gate and enjoyed our last few moments of freedom. Our first flight was on Finnair with Markimekko-designed napkins and cups.

We had a close connection in Paris and had to run. I was carrying Millie and wished we had tried harder to keep the stroller.  We coached the kids on our bus between terminals about moving quickly and staying near an adult. The flight was delayed slightly so we had some time once we found the gate.

Back in Seattle, just missing one bag.

The flight went pretty smoothly. One kid vomited as we were landing. And again in passport control. That was miserable. It was hot and they were understaffed so we waited for about an hour. Once we collected our luggage and loaded the cars we decided to drive home. We had considered spending the night in Seattle to recover a little, but we wanted to be done traveling. The kids were all asleep before we left the city.