Entrance to Oktoberfest. Welcome back to the cold and rain!
We love this food. What could be better than a foot long brat and a big beer?
One of the many beer halls at Oktoberfest. This one hold around 8,500 people.
Don't be fooled. Aubree is drinking Coke, not a dark beer. She didn't get THAT adventurous.
This is how we saw London. By the time we arrived it was almost dark and we were leaving the next morning. This was the only tourist bus we took on the whole trip.
One of the only pictures that turned out in London. Pictures don't work so well in the dark and when you are moving.
Aubree's parents, sisters, and one of her sister's boyfriends met us at the airport in Seattle. Heather is the creative one that made the sign.
Hazen didn't even have to wait until the next morning for his Mountain Dew. We found one in the airport.
We finally got haircuts! It sure is good to be home.
Well, the end of our trip turned out pretty well. We fly from Turkey to Munich for Oktoberfest but Hazen still wasn't feeling that great. We dropped our bags at the hostel and immediately headed for the festival. It was actually sunny the first day we got there and people were everywhere. Quite the busy place. It has to be the biggest fair we have ever seen. Huge rides for kids and adults. Hazen's favorite was the beer carousel. There was a whole row of beer halls that hold anywhere from 5,000 to 10,900 people. After one beer and brat we had to head back to our room as Hazen started feeling sick again. Needless to say, Oktoberfest wasn't as crazy for us as it could have been. We did have a great time though. We especially enjoyed getting back to the Bavarian food. We stayed three nights in Munich before flying to London.
We arrived in London and got to our hostel around 6pm. We decided to take a night bus sight-seeing tour. We wanted to see some of the major sights even though we would be leaving the next morning. London is a beautiful city at night. Everything is lit up and the bus ride was excellent. The only down side was that it was absolutely freezing cold. We had to finish up in the bottom part of the bus that isn't open-air. We were up early the next morning and headed for a long day of flights.
When we bought our flight tickets online, we didn't add up how long it was actually going to take us to get home. We left London at 10am local time and got to Seattle at 11:45pm local time (which was about 7:45am in London). If you don't want to figure all that out, it was about 22 hours and 4 different planes. We were able to sleep a couple hours on the last flight from Atlanta to Seattle as the plane was very empty and everyone had a whole row to themselves to stretch out on. When we got to the baggage claim, Aubree's parents, sisters, and one of her sister's boyfriends were there waiting for us. Sure was good to see some familiar faces.
We didn't sleep much that night as we were still on Europe time. We have been doing well with the jet lag and trying not to take too many naps throughout the day so we can get back on track. One of our big adventures since we returned was tackling the storage unit. All of our clothes were in boxes in the very back and on the bottom of the unit. We didn't really think that one through before we left. We are leaving tomorrow to make our way to Boise, Idaho to find a place to live and hand out some resumes. We will be there for about a week before flying to California to visit Hazen's brother, sister-in-law, and niece. We will then fly to Seattle and drive up to Bellingham to visit some friends before heading back to Boise for good.
We have had a great trip and appreciate everyones support and emails throughout our travels. We hope you have enjoyed reading about our trip and can't wait to see and talk to all of you. The holiday season is coming up soon and we hope you all enjoy it and stay happy and healthy. Thanks again for following us and take care.
