We left Kansas City Thursday morning and as expected was so sad to leave. Saying goodbye was so hard, but our main focus was getting through the first 24 hours of travel and ensuring Annabelle was okay. Surprisingly, Annabelle did such an amazing job on the flights. Our first flight from KC to Newark she had a 5 minute meltdown - all around us not letting her lay in the aisle. After trying to calm her down, we caved and let her fall asleep in the middle of the small aisle. We were able to move her after she was passed out to my lap and she slept the majority of the remainder of the flight. We had a long layover in Newark, which allowed her to run around and for us to get a bite at Chili's (it was so good - chips and salsa and ranch, we will miss you), go back through security and regroup before the long flight. I was more nervous about the long flight and her falling asleep, but she did so great. Fortunately, the flight was not sold out and we had 3 seats in a row of 4 and the flight attendant moved us to a row of 4 that was unoccupied, so we were able to stretch out across the 4 seats. Annabelle was up most of the flight and had a hard time turning it off, as they kept the lights on to serve dinner/wine/coffee/dessert (they do it right :)). Best part was we didn't have to pay for our wine, you get it for free!
Finally she fell asleep and was out for a couple hours before we landed. We arrived in Porto around 7:30 Porto time and got through customs smoothly. Because we still do not have our visas, there was a little hesitation and fear about us moving over here, but we got through with our scripted answers.
Once we arrived to our house, we were greeted with a crew still working on a number of things. Andy had been there a couple weeks prior, in which the house was supposed to be completed, and promised that it would be 100% ready once we all arrived. Needless to say there were cords hanging out of the walls, NO hot water, no mattresses on the bed, no frig...the list goes on. Our first day of only wanting to take a hot shower, unpack and nap, was filled with the complete opposite.
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