Our trip to see Omi in Tyrol...

What a great trip! 24 hours worth of travel is a killer but was very worth it. We had so much fun... I guess the best way will to be to start at the beginning.

We left the house at 4 a.m. so we could depart on the first flight of the day out of Missoula. Our plan was to fly Missoula to Salt Lake City to Atlanta to Munich. That morning it ended up that the flight from Salt Lake to Atlanta got full. So we switched to plan B. Fly from Salt Lake to Boston and then take Lufethansa to Munich. Best thing we could have done. They treat you so well! Bear got a bassinet to stretch out and sleep in. Tom and I got fed two nice meals, free alcoholic beverages, and even got hot towels. This is all in coach. I can only imagine what you get in first class.

The other cool thing about going through Boston was that Bear met another little boy that is about 9 months old too. We ended up sitting next to each other on the plane too. They had a good time playing together.

Let's see, so we made it to Munich just fine and then we were met by the taxi driver from Xander taxi. 3 hours later we made it into Lienz. Whew! We all took showers and met up with Ginna and Ilona. We spent a wonderful 4 days walking and driving around Lienz and the surrounding area. We even got to have a picnic lunch in Italy. Bear loved hanging out with everyone. He gets such a kick out of dogs too. The kid is such a trooper. He has done really well adjusting to the time zone changes. Tom and I didn't do so hot. In addition to that he learned a couple new things on the trip. He can now wave at people and he can get himself into a sitting position from laying on his stomach or back. He is soooooo close to crawling too. I keep expecting it to happen any moment. It isn't quite there yet.

That's about it for major news from the trip. The Easter Bunny found Bear at the hotel. We had wonderful weather and smooth travels. It couldn't have been a better vacation. Especially for travelling so long with a baby.

Here's Bear flying to Omi's house.

Bear stretches his legs after flying all day and night. Pretty happy kid.

The valley in Tyrol. What beautiful spring weather!

Tom and Bear in Tyrol.

Laundry day so Bear was in swim trunks. He's practicing standing with Dad.

A great portrait of the boys.

Bear and Tom on the flight home from Munich.

The Denver ramp on the way home. It was a little crazy since we were an hour early and there was a nice wind to hamper landing etc.



Bear woke up for one of the landings. "Are we home yet?"


We did finally make it home at about midnight. Glad to be home, but we miss Austria and Omi already.