Sunday, July 5, 2009

#225 Family Departure

Today is the day that Kathleen and the children take off for their home leave in Peoria. You can see them above packed up and ready to go. Kathleen missed the picnic yesterday because she was packing suitcases all day (and into the night).

We did a little math exercise at breakfast this morning with the kids. They calculated their total door-to-door transit time from home in Suzhou to home in Peoria. The answer: 23 1/2 hours. Kathleen, our driver Nash, and an auxiliary driver from Avis took them all to the airport at 11 AM Sunday. Our friends Greg and Margaret will pick them up halfway around the world at the Peoria Airport on Monday night at 10:30 PM. God help Kathleen !

I will be alone in Suzhou for most of July. Kathleen and kids return to China on July 28th. Four days later we all go to Italy for our summer vacation. It is a lot of travel for the Cazzato wife and kids, but Italy should be a memorable trip.

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