0 days to go - we are off

Everyone is checked in and ready to go. The flights from Birmingham and Luton will converge on Barcelona airport and we will all go to the Meliá Innside airport hotel on Friday afternoon.

Katie drove up on Thursday night so we were ready for the taxi at 8:30 on Friday morning. Arrived at Birmingham as bag drop opened so we were soon through security and had plenty of time for coffee and breakfast as snacks. Mark made it to Luton Airport Burger King for breakfast.

We boarded a bit late and the captain announced there was no hot drinks (running water problem) so we had to make do with alcohol. We made up for lost time and arrived on schedule.

Mark was also on time and we all met in the arrivals hall. We found the hotel courtesy bus stop, Katie went ahead and stopped it leaving without us. We had a dinner bed and breakfast package, so had a nice 3 course evening meal to kick off the holiday and an early night.