October 12, 2010:
 
We are back in Texas.  There were no major mishaps on the final day of the trip....other than the usual indignities that are suffered when travelling by air these days.  Weather delays caused our flight to be an hour longer than planned, but there were no significant issues.
 
All together it was an very fine odyssey through Europe and across the North Atlantic.  And I am now seriously pumped up about river cruising.
  
At some point....but not anytime soon....I will go through the mass of photos that I took on the trip, try to select a few (hundred) to turn them into a slideshow.  If anything looks promising I will let you know.
 
In the mean time I am officially closing out this trip.  And I wanted to say thanks to those of you who sent in words of encouragement along the way....it is always nice to have an audience for some of my ramblings.