Start Of Our Trip Of A Lifetime: A 12-day+ Mediterranean Cruise

Our IBERIA airplane was so big it wouldn't fit in one picture so...
here's the other half ! It flew us from Chicago all the way across the Atlantic Ocean and we landed in Madrid, Spain... before going on to our port of embarkation: Barcelona, Spain.
That first day was a real doozy... starting off at "0-dark-30" in Girard, IL then down to the St. Louis, MO airport where we then zipped up to Chicago and finally blazed that long, long trail across the Atlantic to Spain.

The flight is so long that we lost 7 hours worth of time zones... meaning it was only dark on board for a couple hours, which made it really hard to get any sleep. (Plus the excitement of the adventure had a bit to do with that too.)

Tomorrow I will start with my detailed journal account of our trip... not too detailed as to bore you with minutia, but enough that it gives you a feel of what we experienced on this great trip of a lifetime!

Our trip begins with tomorrow's entry. See ya' then.