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Day 1: Change of Plans

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Two blog posts in one day??  We literally had nothing else to do. You'll understand why soon. 

 Oh boy. Day 1. 

Like we explained earlier, we had to go to the airport as soon as check-in was available in order to ensure the issue with Kayea's travel documents was resolved. We arrived around 9:30 to check-in for our 1:35 flight. Check-in and security went smoothly and we were settled with breakfast and by 10:30. Around 11:30 were received a notification that our flight was delayed by an hour due to the weather. This meant that we would have to run to catch our 8:50 connecting flight, but we would still probably be okay. 

Then came the second notification. Delayed until 3. After deliberating with the JetBlue guy at the counter, we decided to chance it and worry about bags later. 

3:30 rolled around and we were still waiting to board. There was a mom with two young toddlers traveling by herself. They hadn't napped yet, since Mom had planned around their 1:35 flight. It was 3:30 and they were UPSET. Kaylea sat with the Mom and helped distract them until they fell asleep. We ended up boarding with her so Kaylea could push the stroller and bags while Mom carried one of the sleeping babies. 

We finally boarded around 3:45. BUT GUYS. We did not take off from the tarmac until 6:30. Everyone on the flight was done. We most definitly missed our connecting flight to Reykjavik and all of our bookings in Iceland needed to be modified. Unfortunately, Iceland has a much healthier work culture that the US and everyone stops answering phones at 4. 

So now the plan is to try to find a hotel in Boston, enjoy the heck out of Boston for the 18 or so hours we're there, try and catch tomorrow's flight to Reykjavik, and then book it to our first tour after our flight arrives at 6:00 AM on the 20th. Its gunna be fun. We're going to be so jetlagged. At least we'll be driving on the right side of the road!

We're currently in the air, somewhere over Missiouri. This flight has free Fly-Fi and some decent leg room. Oh, and the lady in front of us in reading smut from a book with VERY large text, so Kaylea is entertained. 

ETA is approximately 11:00 PM. We will probably write an update tomorrow afternoon. 





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