Switzerland and Germany Day 15

The trip home

Posted by brian on August 12, 2025 · 2 mins read
  • Start of day: Munich Airport, Germany
  • End of day: Holly Springs, NC USA

I’m packed with the essentials and ready to go home. Two packages of Pågen Gifflar cinnamon rolls on white bedding

I’m grateful to Past Brian for not booking an early flight. Today’s first flight is at 10:25am, a perfectly reasonable time for reasonable people. This means we had a chance to get up at a decent hour and not be rushed. The extra time was helpful, as the people in front of us to check bags had three each, of varying weights that needed to be redistributed between them. It would not have occurred to me to buy floor tile in Europe and then fly back to the States with it in my checked bag, but it did occur to the people in front of us.

Once on the other side of security, I had a chance to tuck into the latest issue of Business Punk.

Business Punk magazine issue 101 on airport lounge table featuring business leaders ranking

The flight was fine: Delta One entertainment screen showing flight tracker for MUC to DTW route in seat 5A

Including this legend a few seats up who fired up Ferris Bueller within 3 minutes of boarding. Delta One business class seat entertainment screen showing movie playing, with seat 3B marker visible

Our layover was in Detroit airport. Rowan’s Global Entry wasn’t working at the kiosk and he had to get another photo made at the booth, but it didn’t cost us any time. Of note was that we had to claim our bags and then walk them across to the next room to recheck them. They made multiple announcements on the plane and there are lots of signs about it. Still, I wonder how many people are on autopilot.

Our Detroit to Raleigh-Durham flight went off without a hitch and then we were back to our friendly local airport, RDU! Passenger waiting at RDU airport baggage claim carousel

RDU airport terminal with Royal Gates sign, flight information displays, and modern architectural design

Glass-enclosed elevators at RDU airport terminal with modern wood and steel architecture

That’s it! Thanks for reading!