Traveling Day(s)!!

The trip started on Saturday, June 18 in Colorado Springs departing from the Olympic Training Center at 4:30 am! We were bused to the Denver airport with a 7:55 departure for Washington Dulles airport. The players enjoyed sleeping during the three hour flight. After a long layover in Dulles and many delays the 5:40 pm flight to Barcelona was CANCELED. United gathered our bags, provided meal vouchers, rebooked us for the 5:40 pm flight on Sunday and sent us to the Hilton Dulles. We arrived at the hotel about 11 pm for a meal and sleep! The beds were marvelous.

Sunday morning the team had breakfast and headed to Georgetown University to practice.

More updates to come......check back to hear the end of the traveling story!

The trip started on Saturday in Colorado Springs (departed the Olympic Training Center at 4:30 am) and ended on Monday about 4:30 pm. It was a LONG trip but all endured it well.

Most of us slept on the flights, especially the overnight one to Barcelona. We all learned to be flexible and make the most of the canceled flight. Barcelona time is 7 hours ahead of Central Time in my home state of Iowa.

Bus Ride to Denver airport – 1+ hours

Leg One – Flight from Denver to Washington DC 3 hours

Saturday flight to Barcelona was canceled

Leg Two – Sunday 5:40 pm flight DC to Barcelona 8+ hours

City tour of Barcelona

Bus Ride – from Barcelona to Zaragoza 4 hours
Arrival at our hotel in Zaragoza, Spain - 4:30 pm

Arrival at the Denver airport

Checking in at Denver

Waiting for flight status at Washington Dulles

Gathering our bags after the flight was canceled.

Arrival at the Hilton Dulles

Breakfast Sunday morning

After a practice at Georgetown University and a trip to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington DC we headed to the Dulles airport and boarded for Barcelona!