And so it ends as it began: with luggage.
Ed unequivocally doesn't want to return home. For the rest of us, it's bittersweet. It is very sad to leave this view behind.
A final ping-pong match was obligatory.
We went to Sagrada Tapas, a favorite nearby restaurant, for dinner the night before we left.
Ed and Lusi left in the pre-dawn hours, flying through Frankfurt - the only option on Lufthansa because of recent USDA changes to pet travel requirements. Mad, Henry and I left at a more civilized hour, flying through Munich. I shot this early-morning panorama after he left but before I woke the kids up to get ready to go.