We finally made it to Europe, however eventful the trip. We drove to Utah on the way out of Colorado Springs and stayed with family for a week before going onto Chicago. We planned to spend an extra day there to break up the flight, but ended up with two nights after a crazy 5 hour flight delay, then a flight cancellation. Loading and unloading the bags was miserable to be honest, but we tried to take advantage of the extra day we were given. We got vouchers for food from the airlines and the kids had fun ordering up whatever they wanted, including a few trips to the Ghiradelli Chocolate store.
The kids did great on the flight, but did not want to sleep. We were routed through London and had to make our connection there after lots of racing through long airport hallways. We all experienced the culture shock there as we were instantly surrounded by conversations in several different languages all around us. The kids suddenly realized how far away from home we were. Eventually we made it into Brussels and we all were at breaking point. The kids fell asleep wherever they sat. Ty nearly fell off a table as he was snoring and we waited there for a few hours to get a ride to Chievres AFB. Once we got to the hotel, we all showered and made a quick commissary trip, then crashed in bed.
We spent about 5 days getting to know the area, then got the kids started in school. It was the only way for us to kick the jet lag. The kids loved the school from the beginning which helped our situation immensely. We lived in the hotel for about 6 weeks while we hunted down the perfect house. It was long and tedious, but we got the house we wanted in the end.
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