December 21st has arrived and we are on our way to paradise. I booked this trip 6 months ago as a family trip to celebrate our 18 year old’s birthday. We chose Antigua at Talib’s request. Our precious baby is now 18 years old, as of December 24th.
The trip was a pain, 5 hours to San Juan, then 2 hours to Antigua. We left home at 6:30am by limo for Ohare, the world’s busiest airport. Our flight was at 9:30am. I use to fly often and my family and I have taken several trips together. However, the past 2 years we have mostly driven to where we have wanted to travel. Saying all that to say this, I was not prepared for the bedlam of the airport. We arrived at 7:20am for a 9:20am flight. The early take off, last minute packing, running errands and cleaning house meant very little sleep.
Was it worth it yes!!! Antigua is a beautiful, quiet island filled with nice people. We stayed in a 2 bedroom Villa with 2 bathrooms. We have done the beach winter holiday before, but it is still weird to hear “happy Christmas,” with palm trees and weather in the 80s. We had no phone, T.V., air condition, cell phone service and we shared one computer with the entire resort. We had each other and that was pretty cool.
The flight back was long, but the worst part again was the pre boarding. Thank god I only fly for vactions now.
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