{"id":23,"date":"2018-07-16T15:15:46","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T20:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/?p=23"},"modified":"2018-07-16T15:15:46","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T20:15:46","slug":"flying-flying-flying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/2018\/07\/16\/flying-flying-flying\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying&#8230; Flying&#8230; Flying!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-24\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2018\/07\/IMG-1901-e1531757904790-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So, apparently, Barcelona was a popular destination this last Saturday.\u00a0The lines at check-in were <em>insane<\/em>! Surprisingly, I got through security and boarded rather quickly, though.<\/p>\n<p>This was my first time on a plane since I flew to Florida when I was seven years old, and I learned <em>fast<\/em> that me and flying aren&#8217;t friends. Let&#8217;s just say that life is tough when you&#8217;re 5&#8217;10&#8221; and the guy in front of you decides to be the only one on the plane that puts his seat <em>alllllll<\/em> the way back. Nice. No sleep for me!<\/p>\n<p>But after a gruelingly long and semi-painful flight, I finally arrived at my layover in Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2018\/07\/IMG-1907-e1531757925416-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2018\/07\/IMG-1907-e1531757925416-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2018\/07\/IMG-1907-e1531757925416-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fun fact &#8211; notice that the signs in the Barcelona El Prat Aeropuerto have three translations? Did you know that people in Barcelona speak a different language? It&#8217;s called Catalan &#8211; though most of the population in Barcelona can also speak Spanish.<\/p>\n<p>My layover in Barcelona was about three hours, and as if I wasn&#8217;t already jet-lagged to the highest degree, my flight to Jerez was delayed. \ud83d\ude42\u00a0Fortunately, when I <em>finally<\/em> did get on the plane, I <em>finally<\/em> got some sleep. I opened my eyes just in time to catch some pictures on our way down.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-27\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2018\/07\/IMG-1911-e1531757978637-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2018\/07\/IMG-1911-e1531757978637-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2018\/07\/IMG-1911-e1531757978637-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2018\/07\/IMG-1912-e1531757960820-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2018\/07\/IMG-1912-e1531757960820-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2018\/07\/IMG-1912-e1531757960820-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From the tiny Jerez airport, we finally were able to make our way to C\u00e1diz!<\/p>\n<p>And, yes &#8211; I did go to sleep as soon as I got to my host family&#8217;s house.\u00a0<em>Necesitaba una siesta!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, apparently, Barcelona was a popular destination this last Saturday.\u00a0The lines at check-in were insane! Surprisingly, I got through security and boarded rather quickly, though. This was my first time on a plane since I flew to Florida when I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/2018\/07\/16\/flying-flying-flying\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":725,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[20,21,23,26,18,19,22,24,9,25,8,2],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/725"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}