Made It To Edinburgh!
 

Well, after a lengthy journey that started in Seattle, and had a stopover in Louisville KY, hubby and I are now both back in Scotland. He flew over at the end of July, and I just arrived 13th Sept. so I'm still a bit jet lagged. It was a pretty stressful flight over, due to massive delays in Newark airport. I was supposed to leave at 8:10pm, but we didn't leave until 4 gate changes and 4 1/2 hours later around midnight. I was really lucky that the flight even took off, as a lot of other flights were being cancelled. Let's just say that once I was on the plane, and the captain personally verified our 2 cats had been loaded, I finally breathed a huge sigh of relief. One word of advice from me would be, that if you are traveling with pets, make sure you have enough of a buffer on your health certificate to reschedule flights in case of cancellation (since the cert is only good for 10days).

I met 2 brilliant OAPs during my wait. One was returning to Ireland for the first time in 17 years - her daughters were treating her to a trip back for a family reunion. And the other was a Scottish lady who had lived in the US for 23 years, but had moved back to the UK a few years ago. They were very interesting characters to say the least. She reminded me quite a bit of my grandma who likes to just talk nonstop, and made the waiting a bit more tolerable. Gotta love chatty old ladies!

Now I'm looking forward to making our new flat home, and getting settled in, and getting back to work.

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Great to hear you made it over the Pond, Bluegrass Lass! I was wondering how you were getting on...

I hope you and your kitties enjoy settling in!

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All the best for your new life in Scotland.:)

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Congratulations to you!!!!

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glad you made it. Hope everything goes great for you.

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Great news! All the best and keep us updated.

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Congratulations on your move! Looking forward to hearing how it all goes!

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Glad you and the cats made it back okay. All the best to you, hubby & kitties for your new life in Bonnie Scotland:)

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Good luck with your new life, hope you will all be happy on this side of the pond. Please let us know how you're getting on. :starsmile:

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Welcome home, hope everything turns out the way you want and that life here in the UK treats you well. All the best

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Oh stressful worrying about the cats, so glad the captain made sure they were there.
Congrats on your return. :thumbsup:

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Welcome home, and must be so good after all those delays and worries, glad you both, and the cats have made it safely back.

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Welcome home! Hope it all goes brilliantly for you!!!

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Welcome back! I remember when you were here before and have followed your travels back to the US and back again. As a ping-ponger myself I know how hard it is - take time to enjoy yourself!

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Thanks everyone! Indeed, we are going to give ourselves time to settle in this time, and really figure out what/where we want. We are both sick of moving, and really want to give somewhere a long term go of it.

I'm really looking forward to living here in Edinburgh, and seeing all the nooks and crannies. :thumbsup: We really want to take the time to learn this city, and all the great things to do here.