First day in Spain?

..Didn't actually happen!

I'm sitting at a lovely Sheraton hotel in Charlotte (they have a pool inside) using up my 45 minutes of free internet time (I have 16 minutes left.... better type fast!) and trying to figure out what to do with my time. I would've been happily on my way to Madrid by now, but my Charlotte->Atlanta flight was delayed by over two hours, resulting in my inability to make my Atlanta->Madrid flight. That flight also happened to be the last one out for the night, so they stuck me in a complimentary hotel and gave me a few meal passes. Suffice it to say... it was not a good evening! Luckily, I had an angry mom and an airline-savvy uncle to help me out...

So, we're going to try again tomorrow: I'll be leaving out of Atlanta at around 3:30pm to Paris, and I'll arrive in Paris at 6am. I have an hour to get through customs and on to Madrid (this doesn't seem possible, or probable), and I'll get there at 9:20am on Saturday. I'm going to be SO exhausted, because who goes to sleep at 3:30pm? I was talking to some experienced flyers at dinner, trying to devise a way to sleep on the plane tomorrow, but I'm told not to count on it (that, and stay awake as long as possible until I feel like dying, then drink an energy drink). I may wake up super early so I'll be tired enough to be able to sleep a little bit. The problem is that we have our first excursion on Saturday morning, at 11am. I could probably make it, but only if I don't sleep.

This should be an interesting day!