Mediterranean Cruise 2018: Day 19

We were able to sleep in a bit today since our flight was not until 12:00pm. We woke at 7:00 and were having our last breakfast in Europe by 7:30. We finished breakfast, checked out of the hotel and were on our way to the airport by 8am.

We needed to top off the car with fuel so we stopped by the Gulf station that we tried yesterday and today it was open. When we pulled in, the owner was there and pumped the diesel for us. We paid our last fill up and made the short trip to the airport.

The signage for the airport was good to find the airport but not on where to return the rental cars. After a few failed attempts we came from a direction that included rental car signage and dropped off the car with no issue.

We printed out our boarding passes and found the United check in counter to check our bags. That took about 30 minutes. We then found the VAT refund location and got the refund on one of Michele's purchases at Pompeii. There was no line so that was quick and easy.

Next we went through customs which was pretty quick. We made it to our gate by 10:00am. The plane boarding went smoothly where we yet again went through a security check.

The flight was about 8 hours long and uneventful. We landed in Dulles on time, collected our bags, and made our way through customs. The automated passport machines at Dulles were not as intuitive as the ones in Europe.

Rob's parents picked us up from the airport and we were home by 4:00pm.

This was an amazing trip. Going through 5 different countries in only 2 weeks was disorienting at times (wait which country are we in again?) but we were saw and experienced so much.

Our cruise stopped at 5 different ports in 3 different countries.