World Cup - Day 18 - June 26th

After an overnight stay in Frankfurt, we hop on Lufthansa for the 10 hour flight to Dallas, then we go through 2 hours of customs, and then on to Austin on American Airlines.

Finally, we make it home around 7:45pm and stay up late with the kiddos. In the next day or so, I will be sending out a summary of the trip with good and bad experiences with certain companies.

Stay tuned. Would love to hear your comments, questions, etc.

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