Holiday Travel

We're back in freezing Riga after stops in freezing Massachusetts and not-so-freezing Spain, and some unexpected detours. I might have to start a campaign making Easter the official holiday for traveling home to visit family, because the odds of a miserable snowstorm are significantly lower then. We've had some rough ones in recent years, and this year was no exception - thanks in part to this storm in northern Europe, as seen from the Helsinki airport. Not that one would expect a smooth travel experience in Helsinki in December, or that Helsinki was really the most direct route. But either due to government bureaucracy in arranging our tickets, or our own lack of planning, or both, that's where we were. A few pictures from our travels coming over the next few days.