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Getting the CSO's luggage to the Luxembourg airport is a family affair. | © Todd Rosenberg Photography 2014
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Orchestra members queue up for check-in at Luxembourg’s airport.
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CSO Violins So Young Bae and Blair Milton enjoy what will be an extra seven hours on their birthdays!
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Musicians and staffers walk the jetway to the plane that will take them from Luxembourg to London.
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CSO Violin Kozue Funakoshi finds her seat for the first leg of the journey home.
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The view over the jet's wing en route to London.
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CSO Horn Susanna Gaunt and her husband, Matthew, who performed on this tour, make their way to the terminal transfer bus in London.
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CSO Violist Diane Mues picks up a little Cadbury treat at London Heathrow.
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Tours are always exciting and inspiring, but there's no place like home. CSO Bass Rob Kassinger heads for the flight back to Chicago.
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CSO Contrabassoon Miles Maner poses with a toy borrowed from young Mia Yeh, who accompanied her dad, CSO Clarinet John Yeh, on the tour.
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The sunset provides a warm send-off to CSO Pianist Mary Sauer and her fellow musicians as they board the plane for Chicago.
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The sun sets over England as the CSO heads home, where it will resume performing Jan. 24 at Symphony Center.
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CSO staffer Jessica Erickson, who helped guide donors who joined the tour, is greeted by her niece as she arrives in Chicago.
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CSO Violist Cathy Brubaker gets a welcome home kiss from her husband, Erik Snapp, as she arrives at O’Hare.
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After a whirlwind two-week tour, CSO members head back to sweet home Chicago. (Todd Rosenberg Photography)