Wheels up to Europe

“Wheels up” is a phrase my family uses to announce travel plans and this is my announcement to them!

This DreamGirl is achieving another dream. I am on my way to Europe to visit the beautiful countries of Spain and France (and I may venture out to London for a cup of tea).

My itinerary is listed below, but before I share that, let’s pray together. Dear God, thank you for your protection, provision and presence. Your love is the only reason I can achieve my dreams, and I acknowledge that your presence is with me wherever I go.

For the ones that are concerned about this solo adventure, always remember that God’s protection protects me. His provision provides for me and His presence is with me.

Now that we established that, let’s get into the fun part!

My Itinerary:

December 25

4:00 pm EST Travel to Atlanta for flight

6:00 pm EST Arrive in Atlanta, park car and take UBER to the airport

6:30 pm EST Arrive at Atlanta airport

8:30 pm EST Flight DL8672 to CDG

December 26

10:30 am Land at the CDG airport (2 hour layover)

1:00 pm Flight to SVQ (Seville, Spain)

3:30 pm Land at the SVQ airport

4:30 pm transport to the Airbnb

C. Mendoza Ríos, 17, Casco Antiguo, 41002 Sevilla, Spain

transportation is provided by Airbnb

6:00 pm Site Seeing and Dinner

Around 5 or 6 I will check in with accountability partners through text/facetime. It should be 11 am/12 noon in America.

December 27

No agenda, except spend time with God, wherever he leads me

December 28

 9:00 am Checkout

9:00 am Transport to the Eurail

11:30 am Lunch in Madrid

2:00 pm Transport to Barcelona Eurail

4:30 pm Check into Hotel 1898

La Rambla, 109; (entrance on the street, Pintor Fortuny), Barcelona, 08002 Spain

5:00 pm Site Seeing in Barcelona

December 29

9:00 am Check out of Hotel

9:30 am Site Seeing in Barcelona

12:00 pm Transport to Paris Eurail

6:30 pm Arrive in Paris

7:00 pm Check into Hôtel Palais De Chaillot

35 Avenue Raymond Poincaré, Paris, Ile de France, 75116 France

December 30

No agenda, except spend time with God, wherever he leads me

December 31

7:00 am Breakfast at Carette (the hot chocolate is well recommended)

Shopping/walking around the area

11:00 am Back to the Hotel

11:30 am Check out of hotel

3:30 pm Flight A350 to ATL (French time; 9:30am EST)

7:20 pm EST Land in ATL

8:30 pm EST Pick up my car

9:30 pm EST Check into hotel in ATL

Rest & check in with Accountability partners through text/phone calls

January 1

11 am EST Check out of Hotel

Drive home!

Time difference!

Spain and France are 6 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time. All times listed above are set according to the Central European Time, CET, and time according to Eastern Standard Time has been noted as EST.

If you want to know what time it will be in EST, subtract 6 hours.

Celebrate with me!

Rest, Exploration and Connection are three things I’m looking forward to on this journey. Going to the airport without telling you was the hardest part thus far. I really wanted you to know, but that would have added too much pressure. I needed to do this on my own, so here I am preparing for an amazing trip and I couldn’t be more proud of myself.

As Tish, Jokeitha, & Eboni would say, wheels up to Europe! I love y’all. See you when I get back!