We are having all kinds of fun . . . And we are lucky that our son Benson arrived without any major catastrophes! The day he was preparing to leave Idaho, we saw on the news that Lufthansa was about to go on a last minute strike for 24 hours. All the Lufthansa pilots wanted more pay, which is fine, but the timing of the strike was concerning since it could affect his travel. The article said that this would likely be the largest aviation strike in Germany's history, and potentially affecting Frankfurt and Munich the hardest. Benson would be flying from Chicago into Frankfurt on United, but would be catching his last flight on Lufthansa from Frankfurt into Venice . . .  We talked to him about some alternate plans just in case, but when all was said and done, his flight left Frankfurt just a few minutes late and arrived into Venice only about 30 minutes late. But it wasn't canceled - hooray - and he arrived with a big smile. :) He's been having trouble adjusting to the time c...