THE LONG WAY HOME AND WE HAVE A NEW PRESIDENT!

We each received a text early this morning stating that our flight out of Barcelona was delayed 2.5 hours!  (Darn it!).  We had a driver scheduled at 8AM, which we decided to keep and just arrive early to the airport!  

We drank coffee while watching on our phones when Donald Trump became the 47th President of the United Sates of America!  WOW!

We spent hours comfortably sitting in the Joan Milo Lounge!

Luckily we were comfy because another text came through informing us that we were “Delayed another 35 minutes!”  FINALLY we boarded our flight to America!

When we landed in Newark (we had a very tight connection) everything took SO MUCH TIME!  There were long lines everywhere for everything.  When we went to pick up our checked bags, Patte and Mike got their’s right away and proceeded through Passport Control and on to the gate to wait for us.  

Our luggage took FOREVER and then we discovered that my ticket did not have “Global Entry” on it.  What did that mean?  That meant John breezed through Passport Control and I was in a line with fifty people or more with ONE agent slowly looking over each person’s ticket and passport.  (C’mon Newark, you could do so much better!) Needless to say, (even with Patte and Mike at the gate pleading the agents to hold the plane), United could only hold it for so long and finally had to fill our seats with stand by passengers!

And so, poor Shallie will have to wait yet another night for us to get home to her! 😢

The four of us were put up at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, enjoyed a wonderful dinner and a comfortable bed, compliments of United!  We are all hoping for smoother sailing tomorrow!