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Well, to say the least, the European vacation is drawing to an end. Actually, it was scheduled to end about a week ago, but it has been impossible to get on a flight out of Spain to the United States. I tried three days in a row in Madrid (going to and from the airport each day), and then I took a train to Barcelona, where, conveniently, there was a strike starting the same day, and only 228 of of 942 flights went out that day. Fab-u-lo-so.

Anyway, I went to the Barcelona for the 2nd day in a row today, and I will try again tomorrow. Tomorrow looks slightly more hopeful as Delta has added a flight from here to London that goes on to Atlanta, and hopefully, there will be enough seats on that one to accommodate all of us displaced and stand-by passengers all the way home. I swear, if I can just get to Atlanta, I might just rent a car and drive all the way to Dallas from Georgia!

The photo is what the airport looked like yesterday when I got there. Read the article about the chaos, too! If you have never been in an airport in the thick of the busiest weekend of travel in Europe AND an employee strike, I am not sure you have lived!