April 9, 2011 - Our day started out easy enough. The limo picked us up for the airport early. Great start!!! Got to the airport in Nashville 2 hours and 15 minutes before our scheduled departure. Although we spent 450,000 frequent flier miles to fly busines class, we knew this was going to be worth it.
Spent some time in the Delta Club Room and relaxed before we boarded our flight to Atlanta. Scheduled departure was at 12:00 pm. We were off the gate at 12:03 pm. Great start!!
We were scheduled to arrive in Atlanta 58 minutes later with a 54 minute connection to the international terminal. But, alas, fate was not on our side and we sat on the runway in Nashville for 50 minutes awaiting air traffic control to clear arrivals into Atlanta. With that delay, we just knew we weren't going to make the second leg of our flight to JFK and then to Prague. However, our pilot put the pedal to the metal and got us there in 38 minutes. Got into the terminal in Atlanta and had 20 minutes to make our flight.
Running through airports when I was young wasn't fun, and now it definitely isn't. But, 10 minutes later and having to go from the A concourse to the E concourse, we made it. But did our luggage???
Made it to JFK and made the connection to Prague with no problems. The flight was uneventful, but thank goodness for seats that recline 45%. We both got a "little" sleep. Not much, but a little and arrived in Prague at 10:00 am on Sunday morning.
When we finally cleared immigration and made our way to baggage claim, we held our breath. Did our luggage make it???
It did!!!!! Yeaaaaaaa!!! Our vacation could now officially begin. More tomorrow on Prague.
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