Home with family and friends

We made it to Madrid airport in plenty of time on Thursday morning, although the taxi diver lived up to our expectations and charged us 13.75 euros to go 3kms!
Not long after we had checked in, I remembered that I still had a pocket knife in my carry on luggage, so I gave it to a policeman doing the rounds. What goes around comes around I guess, considering where the knife came from in the first place.
Our flight to Munich was uneventful and on time, as was the flight over to LAX. When the plane was over Canada, the pilot said that we could be landing in Canada, as someone had been smoking in the toilets, and as this was serious and an arrestable offence, if they caught the person responsible, they would land and put the person off the plane. No-one confessed of course and we continued on to the States.
We had a 6 hour wait in LA and whiled away the time reading, eating, sleeping (Hannah) and generally hoping that time would pass quickly. Our flight to Ak was fine, I watched 3 movies and finished the book I had bought in Munich. John and Tim were at the airport to meet us and Hannah and I were very happy to be home at last.
After unpacked a few bits and pieces, I went to get the hard drive (with all of our photos of the trip) out of my carry-on bag, but couldn't find the bag anywhere.
The last time I remembered having it was at the screening point in Ak airport. After many phone calls to the airport, we finally spoke to someone who had my bag, and John and I drove back to the airport to pick it up. To think that Hannah and I had been in Europe all that time, travelling every couple of days and we didn't lose a thing, but the minute we get back home - bingo!
It is lovely to be home again with family, friends, fresh food and comfortable pillows! Today is John's and my 18th wedding anniversary so we are going out for dinner tonight. Will be able to compare restaurants with those in Europe!!