Bags are Packed and We're Ready to go!

The excitement is building as we have finally made it to departure day!  The twins went to school for a test they needed to take and Lindsay skipped the day.  Traffic was heavy and it took a bit longer than usual for the trek to Atlanta airport parking.  Since Atlanta built the new International Terminal, there are no long term parking lots there.  Not all the parking companies at the domestic area have bus service to International but we have worked that out beforehand.  It is about a 20 minute ride from the domestic parking to the International Terminal.

 

We all got TSA Precheck which sped us through security in record time.  We went to have some lunch since it had been a hectic morning and nobody had eaten.  It was nice to sit and relax for awhile.  Traveling by yourself or with a friend is easy compared to traveling with 5 family members and keeping track of everyone’s “stuff”.  More on that later.  The flight was long at 8 hours 55 minutes and uncomfortable, but thankfully smooth and uneventful although there was an “emotional support animal” sitting next to us.  They need to tighten the restrictions on these as this woman did not need this dog for emotional reasons…it was purely economic.  She said she has traveled with the animal to Barcelona seven times already.  All of us tried hard to sleep in a variety of unique positions but  it is just almost  a physical impossibility to sleep on a plane regardless of how tired you are or what you take to make you go to sleep….unless of course you can afford the Delta One seats.

 

 

Almost there!