Day 13: Homeward Bound (for real)
The last day of vacation was truly not relaxing. Up at 5am Dusseldorf time (11pm CDT), ate a lovely buffet breakfast - we ate a lot because hey - you never know when you're traveling when you'll be able to eat again! (that's how it feels sometimes anyway). Left for the airport at 7am. Checked in and got WORLD BUSINESS CLASS again - whohoo! We were told we could wait for our flight in the AirFrance club lounge - but it wasn't in our terminal so we skipped it. But oooh la ti dah! We felt very important. ha. Our flight was delayed (!!!) because although they FIXED our plane they neglected to clean it and empty the toilets...what? *sigh*
Upon boarding we were given vouchers from Northwest for 2000 bonus miles plus a $10 airport voucher...which was nice because we were going to have 7 or 8 hours to kill in Detroit. The flight was good - filled with a lot of fancy foods (we actually kind of like the coach food better than the fancy-pants business class food but oh well - we did get ice cream!) and drink and personal movies, reclining chairs and ACTUAL sleep. We landed in Detroit with no problems. Yay!
Upon landing we were given a free plane ticket (BUSINESS CLASS!!), 2500 more bonus miles and another $15 airport voucher - sweet!
In Detroit we had about 8 hours to kill. We spent a lot of time watching CNN on their huge monitors about the 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis since it was the first we had heard/seen about it. We wandered, tried to find a quiet corner to relax in, used our airport vouchers and waited, waited, waited.
The ride to Duluth was uneventful and we were both so happy when we saw the illuminated lift bridge in the Duluth harbor. Home. It was so good to be home.
My luggage even made it with me. Yay.
Upon boarding we were given vouchers from Northwest for 2000 bonus miles plus a $10 airport voucher...which was nice because we were going to have 7 or 8 hours to kill in Detroit. The flight was good - filled with a lot of fancy foods (we actually kind of like the coach food better than the fancy-pants business class food but oh well - we did get ice cream!) and drink and personal movies, reclining chairs and ACTUAL sleep. We landed in Detroit with no problems. Yay!
Upon landing we were given a free plane ticket (BUSINESS CLASS!!), 2500 more bonus miles and another $15 airport voucher - sweet!
In Detroit we had about 8 hours to kill. We spent a lot of time watching CNN on their huge monitors about the 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis since it was the first we had heard/seen about it. We wandered, tried to find a quiet corner to relax in, used our airport vouchers and waited, waited, waited.
The ride to Duluth was uneventful and we were both so happy when we saw the illuminated lift bridge in the Duluth harbor. Home. It was so good to be home.
My luggage even made it with me. Yay.
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