Milan Day 5 - Coming Home

We had a super early flight back to Budapest last Tuesday morning. At the last minute, we decided to change hotels for the last night in order to sleep at the airport hotel and not have to get up at 3:30 am. Good choice. Long line at Lufthansa, but at least this time there was a line. An airport employee spotted the stroller and whisked us away to our own personal check in counter...nice!!! Maybe there is a benefit to dragging the kids across Europe!

We enjoyed a smooth flight and were actually glad to be back in Hungary. Strangely enough, we were happy to hear Hungarian again. Something about saying koszonom and bocsanot feels like home.

Normally, coming home from vacation pretty much throws you back into reality. There is laundry to do, groceries to buy, and suitcases to put away. We have improved, but in the past there were times our suitcases remained unemptied for embarrassingly long periods of time. Before we moved in October, we discovered a suitcase in the closet that had been left untouched since a trip in July! Oops!!

Coming home from this trip was quite different. A few months ago, after I had a minor breakdown about not even being able to clean right because I can't read the directions on cleaning products, we hired the best housekeeper in the world. She comes two days a week and solved all my cleaning woes. I cannot complain about laundry anymore, either. She does ALL our laundry, folds it with military precision, and puts it all away. She also does all the ironing. It is rather fabulous. This time, coming back from vacation was a continuation of the vacation. She had gone to the grocery store for me and stocked the fridge. She came over once we were home and did all the laundry from the trip and put it all away. The ultimate was when I opened my dresser drawers and found she had taken everything out and refolded everything perfectly!! It was the perfect ending to a great vacation!