Prologue · Saturday, May 9

The Journey Begins

Butterflies and boarding passes. Our first international trip together starts with a 6am alarm and ends somewhere over the Atlantic.

Columbus → Boston

Delta DL5663, wheels up from CMH. The first leg — a short hop northeast to Logan. Nothing feels real yet. The trip that's been planned for months is actually happening.

Airport departure morning

Boston Layover — 11 Hours

An unexpectedly generous stretch of time in one of America's great cities. Grab a proper meal, take a walk, rest up. This is the calm before the overnight flight — the last moment of ordinary time before Spain takes over.

Boston layover before transatlantic flight

Boston → Barcelona, Overnight

Delta DL0250, Terminal E international. The transatlantic. Eight and a half hours across the ocean in the dark, somewhere between who we were this morning and who we'll be when we land. Sleep if you can. Arrive in Barcelona with the morning.

Overnight flight to Barcelona

Barcelona · Seville · Madrid · May 2026