Off to Italy, 11 July 17

The day we embark on our adventure finally arrives with good weather, flights confirmed, and all on time.  The Jacksonville to Atlanta leg leaves at 1:30 pm.  Allowing two hours prior to the flight for check in, security, and lunch, and also parking at Jacksonville Plaza Hotel (included in the price of the rooms) when we return, we leave Lake City at 8:30 for the one and one half hour drive to the airport.  After a typical sports bar style lunch at Shula's Steakhouse, we board the plane for a forty minute flight to Atlanta.  It seems like the boarding and taxiing takes longer than the flight itself, especially in Atlanta.  After a long hike through Hartsfield airport and a ride on the subway connecting the terminals, we emerge into the International Terminal where our plane is waiting.