Lessons Learned in Our First Day As Europeans

If Renee is not a frequent flyer after this, I do not know what it will take! She spent 4 hours on the plane from Seattle to O'Hare, then we both flew 8.5 hours from O'Hare to Paris. Then we hopped on a 2 hour flight from Paris to Zagreb, Croatia. All in all, we figure she covered about 8,000 miles in less than 24 hours. Flights were not too bad, just long. Unfortunately, our seats were not together for the long flight over the ocean. Renee, however, had the extreme pleasure of having 2 kids sitting behind her who were screaming and kicking her chair for nearly the entire ride. Too bad she packed her Excedrin in her checked luggage because the earplugs, blinders, and wine were just not enough. Our luggage arrived promptly (which we were a little nervous about). Our hotel is ideally located on the main square in Zagreb, and thankfully most people speak some English because we are both just hopeless with French.

Some things we've learned in just one day about Europe: 1) If we did not think we were tall before, we sure do now! 2) We forgot to bring our skinny jeans and turquoise leggings to blend in. 3) Europeans do not take their shoes off when going through security at the airport. As we proceeded to do this out of habit because of America, the guy behind us asked if our 'trousers were next!' (No worries, he was not a creeper). 4) Renee has some good genes. When she asked for a glass of wine on the plane, the woman asked if she was 18 yet. Not too shabby considering she is 10 years older than that! 5) All French flight attendants look like they could be supermodels.

We have already taken pictures and will try to post some soon. Jet lag is hitting us hard, but we are fighting to stay awake to get on the European time clock. We'll post again soon. Ciao!