Christi and Lennie's Spanish Adventure....

and what an adventure it WAS!!! I'll have to tell the story in bits and pieces, because I won't have time to tell it all at once. I know many of you have heard the story, but I am telling it here for those who are out of town :o)

Day 1 - March 13th (Thursday). We were flying out of Sky Harbor on buddy passes (THANKS SHANNON!!) we were hoping to get on the earliest flight just to be sure we got there in plenty of time. It didnt look like it was going to happen, but at the last second, we both got on the plane, YAY!! We flew to Philadelphia, and had about 4 hours until we were supposed to catch the evening flight to Madrid (there is just one a day). We got our bags, got them rechecked to Spain...and were just hanging out in the airport waiting. I decided to pay for the upgraded seats - so we could sit in first class - so I got in line at the customer service counter. While in line there, I was listening to people talk around me....and it became clear that the flight to Madrid had been CANCELLED!! The whole thing! I called Shannon and she said, that unfortunately that was right. We talked about what we should do, and we agreed that we should take this chance to go up to Boston and visit Shannon for a day or two until we could get out to Madrid....so we headed to get our luggage and RAN to the gate for the Boston flight!

Day 2 - March 14th (Friday) - We got up in the morning and Shannon took us to this little diner on a corner close to her house for Breakfast...YUM YUM!!! Then she took us out to show us the city. We have never been to Boston, so there was plenty to see (and we only saw a bit of it). Shannon was all bundled up and kept telling us we should be cold....but we werent...the weather was GORGEOUS! We went to Boston Common and Walked along about half of the Freedom Trail. It was so neat!! I took pictures, and I have posted them into a web album so everyone can see. I have not had time to add comments so that you'll know what everything is, but I am getting to it, I promise. Among the things we saw were the graves of John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Mother Goose, Paul Revere, and Benjamin Franklin's parents....and the old State House where the declaration of independance was read for the first time. At about one o'clock, we had to head back so Shannon could get to work. We debated whether we should stay in Boston another night (since the chances of getting on this flight were slim due to all the passengers that would be rolling over fromt he previously cancelled flight) or go back to Philly and see what happens. We decided we should take the chance back in Philly....just in case a miracle happened....we REALLY wanted to get to Spain in time to go to church on Sunday in the branch where Lennie had served. So back we headed, but we did not get on the flight. We decided this time to just get a hotel in Philly. We went online and got a good rate on a nice room at a Holiday Inn with free airport shuttles, and that is where we spent Friday night.

That is all I am going to post for now...gotta get Sadie to school. Here is the link to the album with all the pictures from our whole trip. If you click on the little magnifying glass above the photos and slightly to the right, they enlarge and you can look at them a bit closer. Eventually, I'll have captions so you'll know what each one is, but you can look now if you want to.

Spanish Adventure 2008