Honeymooners. Laying on the beach gazing into each others eyes. Catching up on sleep missed during the insanity that is wedding planning. Learning what it means to be married.

Not content with traditional honeymoon itineraries (are you surprised?) Mr. Gray and I did not spend our time doing any of the above. At one point in my life, the idea of relaxing at an exotic resort probably sounded perfect. But then I met Mr. Gray. Let's just say that our lives are more of the adventure vacation variety. And I wouldn't have it any other way.

I fly a lot. No quite Ryan Bingham status, but I feel comfortable saying I travel more than the average person. Between business meetings, conferences and visiting family (and three of the five weddings this year still to go), I'd say I average about 8-10 round trips a year. Add a few transfers, delays and cancellations, that can get as high as 30 flights. Thirty national flights per year. The last time I hopped on an international flight, Clinton was still president and the House of Windsor was finalizing a divorce.

I wasn't sure what to expect when we grabbed our connecting flight from Reagan to JFK. We certainly weren't off to a good start when we sat on the tarmac for an extra 30 minutes waiting for DC air travel to be cleared once Marine One landed at the White House. This is pretty typical for Washington and exactly why I do all my business travel out of BWI. As our transatlantic flight from JFK to Barcelona was leaving shortly after our flight from DCA was scheduled to land, we had a short window of time to navigate an airport neither of us was familiar with.

The fact that JFK is a major airline hub is appalling. Like many airports, JFK has multiple terminals that likely were added as demand increased. Dulles and Dallas, two airports that I am familiar with for international travel, both have efficient ways of connecting travelers to connecting flights in different terminals. Even before Dulles had its new rail system, it's old "people movers" ran on a consistent schedule and locating the next departure time was easy. For a major hub like JFK to lack this basic service is an embarrassment.

After getting to our flight (just in time) despite having to run across one terminal, we quickly settled into our seats. I had very little expectations regarding entertainment on our eight hour flight. With the airline industry charging for everything, I fully expected to read or sleep (ambitious I know). This flight was amazing! We had 10-15 decent movies to choose from (some not even on DVD yet) and multiple shows and music options. The food was surprisingly good. Beer and wine were complimentary. They know how to make a girl's day! This adventure honeymoon was getting off to a pretty good start.

See you in Catalonia!