Coming Home

Wow. Tomorrow we fly home.

Right now Jory, Casey, and I are sitting in Martin and Jane's flat after two full days in Prague. We have met with all kinds of new friends around the city, including a delicious dinner at Nina and Andre's apartment and seeing a bunch of our good friends from the multisport at a park to play one last game of ultimate. It is amazing to know so many people in this city all of a sudden. Three weeks ago we arrived and it was almost a lonely (though exciting) place to be; today we can plan two full days of activities with various people around the city. I feel like if I were to come back in a year or two I'd have so many people to see.

Speaking for myself, I can say that I am so ready to come home. I look back on the trip and I can't believe how long and diverse this journey has been. I miss Silverbow Farm and my family, and am excited to breathe Washington air again.

We would all like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has read this blog and supported us throughout all phases of the trip - from Jory's phone call to me many months ago to our long days at both camps. We will continue to write in the blog when we return home so that you can get an even better picture (we'll post pictures too) of what the last few weeks of this trip have been like. An especially big thank you goes to everyone who supported us financially, because of you we were able to take this trip by storm without worrying about finances. Of course the best way for you to hear about it is to ask once we get back - we'll tell you all about it!

I've begun a list (surely I'll continue it on the plane) of foods to eat upon my return:

-chicken fajitas

-waffles

-barbecued anything

-blueberries

-corn on the cob

-milkshake

-farm eggs

-tofu

-funfetti cake with blueberries

I've been incessantly writing things in my notebook, I'm sure I'll post more when I have more time. That includes my daily 100 words, which I've miraculously managed to keep up on! (Almost.)

I will miss:

-gelatto

-European pizza (I had one with smoked salmon and artichoke on it tonight)

-Prague's awesome public transportation which includes metro, bus, and tram

-Martin, Jane, and everyone else we've met in the Czech Republic

Once again, it's been such a long journey, I want to show all of you all the pictures we've accumulated and tell you about the people we've come across and gesticulate wildly as we remember anecdotes.

Our flight leaves at 11:00 tomorrow morning, we have a short layover in Atlanta, then we come into Seatac in the evening.

I'll follow the sun around the world from a place I've never been to the land I've known my entire life. Beautiful Washington! Bustling blueberry bushes! Breezy Gig Harbor! Key Peninsula covered in blackberry vines and hay fields! I'm coming back!