Auf Wiedersehen, Berlin

Auf Wiedersehen, U-Bahn!

At 4:30am (Berlin time), most of our group boarded a chartered bus that took us to Tegel Airport. (Katie P. and Rose, who planned an additional week in Europe, slept in just a bit longer and then awoke to catch a train to Salzburg!)

A few hours later, we sat on a British Airways flight to London. And after a few harrowing hours at London's Heathrow Airport, we were on our Virgin Atlantic flight to Chicago.

The Illustrious Row 42: Amy, Lukas, Casey and John

Around seven hours later, we were on the ground in Chicago and boarding a hot school bus bound for Oshkosh.

"Mollz" on the bus ride to Oshkosh

Finally, after battling EAA traffic on Highway 41, we were home.

To all of our amazing students: thank you (you know, danke schoen). Thanks for embracing Berlin, for putting up with your (sometimes dorky but nearly always fabulous) leaders, for being (mostly) responsible and (always) a lot of fun, and for making the most out of three weeks in Berlin.

To the parents: thanks for sharing your kids with us! We loved every minute of it.

"Be unique. Be multi-faceted. Be Berlin."