Departure

Levi, enjoying (NOT!) that 'yummy' LOT Polish Airlines food!

"Are we there yet?" "No! We have 3,439 miles to go!"

The familiar screen on the airplane, telling us exactly where we were

Sam & Luke, somewhere over the Atlantic?

Levi, Luke & Sam ... waiting at the Warsaw airport ... and VERY happy to see I'd brought along a gift from Marysia & Irmina. Yes, peanut M&M's, our first 'glimpse' of re-entry into America!

Luke, Sam, Piotrek, Irmina, Natalia, Levi, Mikolaj & Agata

Of course, one last 'look to the left'

Mikolaj and Sam ... one last 'brotherly' wrestling match

Piotrek ... "Will these people EVER leave???!!"

(He did a lot of driving for us while we were in Radom, and we're extremely grateful.

Thanks, Piotrek!)

Natalia and Sherri

(Natalia, Irmina & Agata had ridden the train into Warsaw to surprise us at the airport, just as they had done for Ben, Joe & Jim's departure What sweet girls!)

Oh, dearest Tytus & Jola ... when will we see you again?

(Our goal is to learn Polish, so we're ready to sit down and have a real conversation with them.)

We FINALLY met back up with our dear friend, Iwona. We hadn't seen her since the very beginning of our trip! She came to the airport to say goodbye. She looked sparkling and happy back in her 'homeland'.
She slipped easily back into the saddle of translating.

Mikolaj with a mohawk? Actually, it was a neck pillow. We were waiting to go through security at the airport and dreading the 'goodbyes'.

Luke ... standing and gazing out the window one last time before we left. We would often stand at this window and look out upon the street in front of our apartment.