回家 Returning Home

2022年5月29日，星期日 Sunday, May 29, 2022, the last day.

依依不舍地结束了这次的地中海国家之旅，今天回家。

Well, we reluctantly ended our 40 day trip to the Mediterranean and flew home today.

步行14分钟从民宿走到A1机场大巴车站，大概30分钟的大巴车程到了巴塞罗那机场，还好这个伊比利亚航空今天没有再坑我们一次，办理登机，登机和起飞都一切正常准时。美国现在还在要求进入美国需要新冠测试或者医生给写的康复证明，我俩的康复证明信派上了用场，节省了几十欧元的测试费用。办理登机的时候，我俩在给工作人员护照的时候，医生的证明信一并递交了，工作人员似乎认真地读了一下医生写的信，但是唯一一点不确定的是，如果我俩没有主动给她，她是否真的会索要测试或者康复证明。

It took us 14 minutes to walk from the B&B to the A1 airport bus station and then another 30 minutes to reach the Barcelona Airport. Fortunately, Iberia Airlines did not cause us any trouble this time. Check-in, boarding and take-off were all normal and on time. The USA is still requiring a new Covid test or a recovery certificate written by a doctor to enter the United States. But since we had Covid before we left, our recovery certificate letters came in handy, saving us lots of euros in testing costs. When we checked in, we gave the agent our passports and the doctor’s certification letters. The agent seemed to read the doctor’s letter carefully, but we were still not sure if we hadn’t given them to her whether she would have bothered to ask for them. The whole covid verification process in all countries is stupid or inconsistent with stated policies.

12个多小时的飞行，顺利地到了旧金山机场，我把看了新出的第四季《怪奇物語》的七集全部看完了。PJG看了几个电影，他说《国王理查德》非常好看。为了不在飞机上买既不好吃又高价格的食物，我俩买了一些水果，零食和三文治在飞机上吃。从旧金山机场坐Uber回家，Uber 费用74美元多，发现美国的价格比欧洲高了很多！

After the more than 12 hour flight, we arrived at SFO smoothly. The flight gave me time to watch all seven episodes of the new fourth season of “Stranger Things”. PJG watched a few movies and said “King Richard” was very good. Neither of us slept much on the flight. We had brought all sorts of snacks and sandwiches to avoid paying the silly airline for food. We took a Uber home, costing about $74 … this reminded us that prices in the US are much higher than in Europe!

晚上8点多到家，PJG快速地做了鸡蛋，土豆和早餐豆，填饱了肚子，9点多就睡觉了，这次的旅行真正地结束了，进入梦乡，返回正常的生活。

When we got home at 8pm, PJG whipped up some eggs, potatoes and breakfast beans to satisfy our hunger, and then we went to bed shortly after 9pm. The trip is really over … I fell asleep and tomorrow, normal life will begin again.

某人强迫我俩各自选择最喜欢的景色和地方：

Someone forced us to choose our favorite views and places:

我选择不出来最好的一个，排名不分先后：马耳他的首都瓦莱塔，里斯本，尼斯的天使湾，科孚岛的凯撒天文台，巴塞罗那的圣家堂

I really can’t pick the best one, but in no particular order I would say Valletta, capital of Malta, Lisbon in general, the Bay of Angels in Nice, the view from Kaisers Throne in Corfu and the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.

PJG的选择：PJG’s selection:

尼斯，滨海自由城，科孚岛那些追足记忆的地方，夜晚在阳台上看卫城，里斯本。

Nice and Villefranche-sur-Mer, reminiscing and visiting all the places in Corfu, the view of the Acropolis every night and Lisbon overall.

最后感谢两位姐姐的支持，你们每天的阅读和互动是激励我俩每天坚持记录的最大的动力！有在里斯本买的小纪念品等着哦！

Finally, I would like to thank our two sisters, Wei and Rosemary for their support. Your daily reading and interaction on the blog was a big motivation for us to keep recording our travels every day! There are two small souvenirs that we bought in Lisbon waiting for you!