As per our usual, we accomplished an astonishing amount of things in a short amount of time. After we landed in Idaho Falls late on Juneteenth, we went right to bed and then woke up catapult-style and hit the ground running.  Here's the rundown . . . Friday, June 19th: Scott's work buddy, John Ryan, picked us up at 0630 to drive us to the Venice Airport. It was so nice to be able to sleep through the night instead of having to catch the shuttle bus from the base. Unfortunately, when you fly to the US, most flights leave first thing in the morning, and if you want to make that early morning flight, AND if you need the shuttle bus, then you'll be climbing aboard said bus at 2:00 a.m. Gross. Thankfully for us, it was a federal holiday and John offered to just drive us. When we arrived in Frankfurt, Germany for our connection to the US, we were not prepared for the inefficiency that we encountered there. In order to head up to the Z Gates within the terminal, you had to go thr...