Arrived in Madrid! :)

8-15-11

We are now in Madrid! After about 11 hours of traveling, we can finally say we’re here. It was very sad saying bye to family at the airport, but we’ll see them all very soon! On the first plane ride to Atlanta, they had assigned seating but we all switched up and got to sit by people we knew. That plane ride went by really fast. Emily, Lindsey, and I played what I call “boy scouts” but it’s better known as b.s. Then we played mad libs and the whole plane could probably hear us but that’s okay. When we got to Atlanta we got to ride this really cool tram thing to the other side of the airport. It was a 3 hour layover but it ended up just being an hour and a half of being in the airport because we boarded the plane super early! While we were at the airport, we met this guy named Lincoln, he was from Ohio. He played Uno with all of us! Before we knew it, we boarded our plane which was HUGE. It had 3 different sections and 3 columns. Each person had their own t.v and headset and we got to choose a variety of movies, and there was actually a really good selection. You could also play games, or make your own playlist with the hundreds of different songs they had. So it was great, it definitely helped the ride go faster. They also served us dinner, which was surprisingly really good! It was either chicken or pasta with a bunch of other sides. So I got pasta which was like the best pasta I’ve ever had in my life. After lots of switching again we got to sit by a person we knew which was great. The person on the other side of me actually was from Pflugerville too! What are the odds of that! He graduated from HHS several years ago but it was still cool! The time change was really confusing and when we boarded the plane at 6pm Texas time, it was 1am in Madrid. Meaning we needed to get some sleep ASAP. Unfortunately with many attempts, very few of us were capable of actually falling asleep. At one point almost all of us WYD kids got up and met by the bathrooms and just talked for a good 20 minutes and got to meet other people. It was definitely long but we’re so glad to finally be here and we can’t wait for the WYD festivities to begin.