OMG - I can't believe it...We're here!!! We finally got into Barcelona around 11pm tonight -- we even saw the fireworks, at the port, from our plane, as we flew over the city!
It's been a long two days - our flights out of NY became a true comedy. We drove from central NJ to JFK in NY only to find that our flight had been diverted and was departing from Newark in NJ!! So, the airline bused us to Newark to find that the flights were severely overbooked. Well after stressing and speaking to about 5 different individuals and being sent to 3 different lines we got to the correct line and were told that we were 99.9% certain to get on the flight because we had confirmed "tickets" We stood in lines for about 2.5 hours -- it was crazy there! Then, on top of being taken to a different airport - we were also delayed 9 hours and didn't leave until about 3:15am EST. We missed our connection in Brussels, but were put on a flight out at 8:50pm tonight. Arrived BCN at 10:50pm -- got a taxi out front because we didn't even have time to arrange transports.
So, I think we're gonna relax tomorrow - walk up and down Las Ramblas -- we're staying right on Las Ramblas. The hotel was pricey - but I didn't really have a chance to research - needed to make a quick decision yesterday. We decided on convenience. Does anyone know if there will be fireworks again tomorrow night? What time is everyone meeting at the fountain? And where exactly is it? My brain is fried and I can't remember - hoping someone can fill in this clueless individual
Happy to finally be here -- sending pixie dust to everyone who's still trying to get here!!