We've Arrived!

The view from the 8th floor of the Ayre Hotel in Barcelona, Spain

The Chancel Choir's trip to Barcelona took a little longer than anyone had hoped, but we've made it. Most of the group left Chapelwood at "High Noon" Wednesday only to learn the flight on Air France had been delayed four hours. It seems a computer malfunction shut down De Gaulle Airport meaning the plane to take us across the Atlantic was arriving to Houston several hours late. As it turned out the delay didn't cause much of a problem since the layover in Paris was scheduled for four hours. We just got to get to know terminal D at Intercontinental better. Did you know there is an entire wall in the terminal dedicated to NASA? We didn't leave Houston until about 6:15 Wednesday night, arriving in Paris at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. There was also a short delay in Paris with our connecting flight as well, the 12:55 p.m. flight didn't leave until 1:30 p.m. so we didn't make it to Barcelona until 4:30 p.m. Thursday, which translates to 9:30 Houston time. Considering all that can and does happen with international travel, the delays were just a minor convenience. Besides if you shop around you can find tasty airport food. I recommend the chicken sandwich in terminal F at De Gaulle.

This evening we are to have dinner and take a tour of a "green area" near the site where the 1992 Olympic Games were staged. No question, we'll cut the evening short as the group is a little travel weary.
Carleton Cole