Sick bags is a great description of our very long days worth of flights to Europe. None of the flights were terrible, but our second flight from Washington DC to Madrid had the longest duration of turbulence that Richelle and I have ever encountered (3 hours!). So long that the flight attendants were passing out sick bags like they do with bags of pretzels.
But, we made it into Madrid without losing our airline lunches and on very little sleep. Once in Madrid we spent 4 hours roaming around the airport waiting for our final flight of the day to Ibiza.
We got into Ibiza around 3 and we had more or less been awake for more than 24 hours. All we wanted to do was eat and hit the sack, which is what we did around 6:30. We were able to bypass the jet lag by sleeping for almost thirteen hours the first night!!
All in all it was a very long initial travel day, but we are so excited to finally be in Europe that it really didn't bug us. We've enjoyed our first two days in Ibiza with lots of beach time, lemon fanta, and paprika flavored pringles :) No major sunburns yet either pretty impressive for two Seattleites who haven't seem the sun in months! More to come about our first few days in Ibiza.
But, we made it into Madrid without losing our airline lunches and on very little sleep. Once in Madrid we spent 4 hours roaming around the airport waiting for our final flight of the day to Ibiza.
We got into Ibiza around 3 and we had more or less been awake for more than 24 hours. All we wanted to do was eat and hit the sack, which is what we did around 6:30. We were able to bypass the jet lag by sleeping for almost thirteen hours the first night!!
All in all it was a very long initial travel day, but we are so excited to finally be in Europe that it really didn't bug us. We've enjoyed our first two days in Ibiza with lots of beach time, lemon fanta, and paprika flavored pringles :) No major sunburns yet either pretty impressive for two Seattleites who haven't seem the sun in months! More to come about our first few days in Ibiza.
Adios!
Love,
Allyn and Richelle
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I just now got to your blog - hope late is better than never.
ReplyDeleteSorry to to hear about the flights - but glad you made it safe and sound. Sleep always helps one get back on track. With 13 hours, it sounds like you more than needed it.
Can't wait to hear what you have been up to in the last couple of days.
Love you much.....
Mom (Neater)