Houston, We Have No Problems

Katherine Settles in for the 10+ Hour Flight to Houston

It was a 10+ hour flight from Buenos Aires to Houston, but with only an hour time change and the late departure, it meant that we had a good long block to get some solid sleep.  We had dinner and then both set up our beds and slept through until they woke us for breakfast, about 90 minutes from landing.  We'd left early and arrived into Houston around 5:15am.  We had two hours until our connecting flight to Dulles, which was a good cushion, as we had to clear Customs and Immigration, claim our bags and recheck them, and then go through security again.  We did have about 30 minutes to kill in the lounge, which was serving breakfast, but we were both simply fooded out at this point.

The flight to Dulles also left and arrived early, and we had zero issues along the way.  All of our bags made it in one piece, amd all of our bottles of wine arrived intact.  We arrived around noon on Monday and Dulles was quiet, so getting an Uber home was quick and very easy.  Within a couple of hours we already managed to unpack, start the laundry, and pick up Chip from the kennel.  To say he was happy to see us would be an understatement.  

As I write this, the entire trip still feels somewhat like an abstract dream, especially considering how far we traveled and all that we had seen.  Still, neither of us have any hesitation in saying that the trip far exceeded our expectations, which were admittedly high to start.  It was certainly a trip for the record books.