A Long Day of Travel

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7-04-2019
DAY 16

Alarm clocks went off at 2:15am and we hit the road by 2:30am for the 1:30 hr drive to the Barcelona Airport. Our 1st flight was to Amsterdam where we connected with our flight to JFK. My parents, James and Maya had a movie marathon on the flight back, but I chatted with the person next to me almost the whole flight. She was from Germany and was going to NYC to study.

I think the heat followed us from Spain back to the states, because it was super hot in New York, but it was also humid. We got our minivan (which felt so spacious) and drove to Pennsylvania to visit my dad's side of the family for a few days. A special surprise was that Grandmama was there. It was good to see everyone. Our internal clocks were a little off, so our sleep patterns were a little off during our visit.





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