Oh, the Jetlag: June 30-July 1, Flights and Airports

Madrid

We are now in Spain!  Our first flight was from Omaha to Atlanta.  It was a pretty small plane but the flight was uneventful.  In Atlanta, we had an hour layover, and by the time we had taken the metro and traveled to the terminal, the flight was boarding.

The Atlanta to Madrid flight was about seven hours.  The plane was one row wider and a lot longer than the last one.  With the time change, the sun set just after we left the coast of the U.S. and rose just before we saw the coast of Spain.  As a silly side note, for the longest time I thought a was seeing an incredibly bright (the brightest I'd ever seen!) north star until I realized it was the light on the end of the plane's wing.  I tried to sleep but I wasn't tired and was too uncomfortable.  All of the announcements were in Spanish and English, and there seemed to be a pretty even dispersal of Americans and Spaniards.  There was a big group of students from Auburn going to Salamanca for a month.  Just to the right of us were two parents with their boy who was probably two.  He was really cute but we couldn't understand anything he said.  I was jealous of him because he slept almost the entire flight.

Madrid

The plane had screens in the backs of the seats.  We could see the map of our flight, watch free movies, and listen to music.  Shortly after taking off, our meal consisted of pasta, a roll, crackers, cheese, a salad, and a blondie.  Our meal before landing was something similar to an egg mcmuffin, a banana, and orange juice.  We landed at 7:30 in the morning (12:30 AM at home), and waited at Barajas airport in Madrid for a man named Alberto to pick us up at noon.  I still hadn't slept at all.  I also heard several people in the airport and plane say that there would be a big soccer game that night because Spain was in the Eurocup finals.  I have a stamp in my passport!


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