8/29 The Day of Travels

Morgan and my mother dropped me off at Logan around 11 am and waited as I went through the line.  Everything went smoothly until I forgot to take my laptop out at the security check point.  That didn´t turn out to be a problem because the security woman who rechecked told me all about her study abroad experience in France.  Took a quick flight to NYC and had 3 hour lay over.  The 4 kids on the Boston flight were some of the first to arrive in the terminal, so we got to meet all the other students as their flights arrived.  The plane finally took off at 9 pm after a two hour delay due to airport construction.  When I boarded, a Spanish woman with a young girl asked if I wouldn´t mind switching seats with her husband so they could sit near each other.  I nicely agreed, but soon regretted my decision as there was a whiny, crying baby in the seat behind me for the flight.  On the 7 hour flight I probably slept for about 3 hours off and on, being woken up by the crying infant.  Other than that, I would have to say that American Airlines did a really good job.  I was on a 767 (the largest plane I´ve ever been on) and they served us dinner and breakfast (way better than peanuts but still airline food).  We arrived in Barcelona around 10 am and I was surprised to see all the mountains out of the air plane window.  Definitely, more rocky and mountainous than I expected.  No trouble finding my bags in the pick up line and the director of the BCA program met us in the lobby.  From there we took a bus to the hotel...  (I have limited computer access for now, as 30 students have to share the one computer in the hotel lobby).  We are at the hotel until Friday, when we meet our host family...  I will fill you all in about the rest of my first day in my next post.  ¡Adios!