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Just landed. Good flight except cabin was freezing cold. Due to our colds ears hurt bad on descent, well mine do. Janet survived that torture. It sort of feels like I have noise cancelling AirPods in. MPC line is supposed to speed things up but that is a bit debatable - did get through quicker though. Check out the MPC app and add it to your travel bag. Anything to save a few moments. Headed home with a quick stop at Waffle House to grab som eggs and then pushed on. Cats were all happy to see us. We are so sick though with this head cold/bronchitis,etc that all we can do is stagger around and mumble. Hot tea, lots of water - bed. Up multiple times during the night - blowing nose, drinking water, more hot tea. Hopefully this will go away. in 3 or 4 days. All in all we had a great time, just didn't need the exhaustion factor at the start of the trip which started us down a bad road. Temps in Europe were smoking hot and many places don't have AC. So when you stop into a restaurant or sidewalk cafe, you may find yourself broiling while eating. Something to keep in mind. Normally we'd never travel in the summer but this was our Anniversary, so... And next time, we might very well try Gate1's Flights,rental car, Hotel which is a very cheap way to go and you avoid fellow travelers who don't know how to cover their mouth when they are sick. Our cruise director told me today that she got home today and has the bug as well. She was admonishing people constantly to wear masks and cover their mouths but very few followed that advice. The one disappointment for us was all the little spots we had picked out to visit in Paris but all went down the toilet when we got sick. I don't think Paris will be on my list to visit anytime soon. First time things were closed due to flooding and strikes, 2nd time sick with Covid, and now this. Ugh. Hope if you followed along all this time, you enjoyed the pics and commentary. It is rare I see a comment so never know. We do it for ourselves mostly so that years later we can revisit memories and it is incredible for that. Maybe this time we will create one of the Books that FindPenguins offers just to see how that turns out. Will also add that our room was comfortable, the food amazing, the crew onboard was great, the entertainment director was a hoot (I leave you with a video of him doing his thing on talent night) and our Cruise director Kate was probably the best we've ever had.Read more