It's true that there is no place like home!! We finally made it home last night after a long and excrutiating flight from London! Our flight from Riga to London on Saturday was pretty uneventful and only lasted 2 hrs. & 20 mins.
Early Saturday morning, Robert and I went to the bakery to pick up some pastries for breakfast. Ilga and Janis came by and shared them with us and we had a good visit before time to go to the airport. Evita, one of the ones who picked us up from the airport when we first got to Riga, came by right on schedule to take us to the airport today. We got there extra early so we had some time to kill. We were so excited to find that there is a Lido restaurant in the airport so we enjoyed our last Lido meal together while we watched the planes land and takeoff. It was so nice not to have to rush.
When we got to London on Saturday night we stayed in a hotel since our flight home didn't leave until Sunday morning. Everything was super until we got to our gate Sunday for our 9 hour flight home. Robert and I were sitting and talking as we waited to board our flight, just commenting about how smooth everything has been on this trip. I should have known that would "jinx" us because at that moment we noticed a rowdy group of about 30-40 preteen kids coming towards our gate. We instantly attempted to pray that somehow God would intervene and keep them walking right on past us to another gate. No such luck. They began congregating at our check-in counter...it was obvious they were going to be on our flight. OH NO!!! Well, as we boarded the flight we kept our eye on this bunch as they scurried to their seats like a bunch of ants.
To make a long story short, it was all we could do to keep our cool. We had two of these monsters sitting behind us, yelling at the top of their lungs and bumping the backs of our seats. Hour after hour this went on. Robert was about ready to roll up his Sky Mall Magazine and start beating them but instead tried reason. He politely but firmly pointed out to them that they were sitting right next to each other so there really was NO REASON TO YELL to each other!!! They calmed down for a little while but then cranked up the volume again to yell across the plane to their friends. Then, I just started to fall asleep when I awoke to feel my seat shaking like we were going through heavy turbulance. Instead it was our little friends behind us again. This time, I must admit I freaked out and probably looked a bit crazy when I came over the back of my seat at them and yelled, "WOULD YOU PLEASSSSSEE STOP SHAKING MY SEAT!!!!!!" (all the while shaking the seat myself to add to the dramatic effect). This seemed to work for a little while. They both looked at me like they were scared to death!!
The other passengers were clearly annoyed, as well. The flight attendants tried to keep order and warned the chaperones (who were seated all together away from the kids, by the way) that they'd better keep control because other passengers were complaining. One of the chaperones came and talked to the thugs behind us so they did eventually get better but it still was miserable. Robert was still not feeling well and fighting a fever at this point so this was pure torture. As you can imagine we were so thankful to finally land and get out of that flying tin can! WHEW!
So, as you can imagine, we're exhausted. I don't even want to think about when the next trip to Latvia will be. I'll be traveling on my own for that one. We're expecting it to be in about 4 to 6 weeks. At least that trip will be for a much shorter duration so maybe it won't be so bad. Our attorney will notify us of the date as soon as she hears something. As of this moment, I'm in no hurry!
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