Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids

I am so glad that’s over. Let me just say that being in transit for 35 hours straight with three children 4 and under is not for the faint of heart or those who like to sleep. That was a workout. I want to sleep for 4 days straight.

We arrived at the Moncton airport just in time for our flight to Montreal to be cancelled.This is actually the first time we have Jacob and I have ever shown up at the airport to find a flight cancelled – it was bound to happen sooner or later. 45 minutes later we had a brand new itinerary that would put us through Toronto and London before we would get to Cape Town. This new itinerary actually had us landing 5 hours earlier than our original flight – that’s good news. However, we were losing our 10 hour hotel break in Istanbul between our two major flights – that’s heartbreaking news.

We managed to make it through London. We got into one of the lounges that had their thermostat set to sauna (maybe they were trying to acclimatize us??) where we sweated through our five hour layover. Madeline and Nora were the only ones that got some rest and we got back on the airplane.

All things considered the kids did amazingly well on all the flights. The last one to Cape Town was one of the bumpiest flights I’ve ever been on. Charlie slept for the majority of the flight. Madeline entertained herself when she wasn’t sleeping and Nora had the trip of a lifetime and got to touch me for literally 34.5 hours out of 35.

We made it to our cottage got everyone settled in where Jacob and I spent that day taking turns trying to stay awake and be patient with the kids. We were moderately successful. Thankfully everyone had a good nights sleep – the kids slept for 15 hours – and now we are slowly getting ready for our first real day in sunny Cape Town.