Who said that getting to Spain was going to be easy? Yeah, seriously, who? So after finding out that getting vitamins/supplements was difficult and expensive in Europe, I decided to add a stop at Target on my way out of town. Plus I needed to also get plug adapters so laptop and cell phone can be charged while in Europe. So when I realized how late it was and how I really needed to get the airport on time, urgency was in the air. Luckily I got to the Indianapolis airport just in time (something that will keep happening) and was able to get a pretzel as my last American food before leaving the good ole US of A. Upon getting to the boarding area I found out that due to weather problems my flight to Newark would be delayed for about an hour. No problem, I had my laptop and cell phone and kept myself busy. Little did I know this was the shortest delay I would find on this journey.
The transit through Newark was painful to say the least. I ended up sitting in the boarding area for 2 hours while frantically texting my cousin who was supposed to pick me up at 10 AM the following morning from Barcelona. We boarded and then proceeded to sit for 2 more hours on the plane. While the flight was supposed to leave at 7:10 PM, we ended up taking off at 11:15 PM. My day had started at 8 AM and it was not going to end anytime soon. Oh, and did I mention that my luggage was over the weight limit so I had to split it up among a roll-away and
the actual suitcase. Luckily I had brought an extra bag just for that purpose...
About an hour after take off the pilot told all passengers having window seats to kindly lower their shades as the sun would come up fairly soon...
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