Planes, trains and the pope mobile!!!!!

So things kinda took a different and unexpected turn for our trip.  Mom had a kidney stone that decided to be born in Italy.  So the long trip home was on the books.  It's a hard trip really when your at your best.  But when you are not on your game....ugh....it's is horrible.  To make matters worse the internet at  the villa was very spotty and even worse because of the weather....at least that is what Gabriella our host say's.  After trying to piece a way home we started out at 4am Tuesday and traveled all day long just to get to London and into a hotel room at 9pm.  

If nothing else just the walking will wear you out....but with bags.  So anywhere we could get a wheelchair we did.  Much to mom's chagrin, but she ended up seeing the upside to it all.  We were quick to get through customs and immigrations, and she also got to ride what I called the pope mobile.  I wish I had a picture of it....but we looked like sherpa's going through the airport....getting a picture was not on the table....the only thing I could see was the next step in front of us to get mom home.  

We finally made it home Wednesday afternoon after another 9 hour flight.  

It is funny...you plan a trip for a year.....you would think that I would be sad to end it just a couple days into the villa stay.  But it is very weird.  The only thing Don and I thought about was getting home.  Nothing else mattered. 

As for mom, after the crazy trip home, the doctors, the pills and all that she had to go through......ugh.  I think she might sleep for a month................................