London to Lisbon

Once again some minor travel issues…we sat on the runway in London for over an hour before taking off. This delay made us late for our connection in Madrid. There were a dozen other passengers that also were connecting to Lisbon. Thankfully it was the same airline for both flights and they held the flight. We finally touched down in Lisbon around 4:00pm and were grateful the “day” of travel was over and that our luggage had arrived with us! We picked up our car and headed out to Evora; about an hour and a half ride. The kids were great throughout, but we just couldn’t drag them out in search of a restaurant, so we ate dinner at the hotel. We watched Benfica vs. AC Porto during dinner. The adults were able to enjoy a leisurely meal as both kids fell asleep at the table.

Dulles to Heathrow

We visited with Mike and Carol for the afternoon. Mike and Carol dropped us at the airport about 4:30pm. Off to a great start with Palm Sunday mass in the Chapel at Dulles Airport. The Chapel was directly across from our gate. Service started at 5:45pm and we were boarding the plane by 6:25pm for a 6:45pm departure. Despite confirming our seats 3 times, we did not get the desired seating assignments. Instead of having 2 window seats back to back - which allows Abby to kick CJ, we instead got no window seats and were 4 across and had to deal with Abby kicking a stranger for 7 hours! We tried the helpful hint from Karen Arnold (using the sleep masks) but to no avail. Abby fell asleep 5 hours into the flight and CJ nodded off AS WE WERE LANDING IN LONDON!