Sunday morning our Colorado summer came to an official close. We said goodbye to our apartment, and my mom and dad, and loaded a shuttle bus for the airport.
We checked our luggage (this is my favorite part of air travel! ha!) and headed towards security where we met up with our friend and travel buddy, Kris.
We got to our guest house about 1am and went to bed. We decided to wake everyone for breakfast (not too hard since you could smell coffee cake - yum!) and it was Day 1 Bangkok.
This is what the morning looked like....
And then we met up with some friends (which involved a crazy crowded rush hour ride on the sky train) and by the time dinner was over Luke lost the battle with jet lag :)
We loaded into a car and JP was out in milliseconds. The rest of the kids managed to stay awake for the drive home and everyone was in bed by 8:30. [Of course by that point Luke had been asleep for over an hour already!]
Day 2 we walked to the hospital (everyone had medical appointments) - pretty great walking commute along this canal, huh? The water taxis are working class transportation. Matt took the boys for a trip too.
Happy girls - lots of smiles despite the sleep deprivation. at least most of the time - ha!
Day 3 we met up with friends again and the big girls all went to Kidzania. Kidzania is a big hotspot for kids in Asia and the girls were thrilled to go - and now they want to go back! (minimum age is 8 to enter without an adult.)
One of the perks of international life is that you never know when you might run in to some good friends in Bangkok :) so fun for our two families to get some time together!
And the boys ... goofy at lunch.
Day 4 and we are off to a great start. Everyone is sleeping great (thank you Jesus!) and I'm glad for these extra (unexpected) days to be together as a family, at a sweet guest house, before we re-enter the big country.
Tomorrow is John Paul's Gotcha Day! He's hoping for a trip to the zoo - and I think we'll be able to oblige :)
1 comment:
Having flown to and from Norway, I thought about you and family travels. Many families with preschoolers and young children traveled quite successfully. Lots of patient parents! The take off and landings seemed hardest on babes/toddlers.
I'm exhausted. Hats off to you to manage, work with jet lag of a much bigger magnitude!
So love you all, bn
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