Whew!!! We made it and we actually had loads of fun along the way! So super proud of these two little monkeys. I can’t believe how incredible they were the entire travel. They did not cry or fuss at all on a 9 1/2 hour flight. They only slept about 2 hours of it and hopped off the plane with excitement. The plane was a bit crammed and two grown men started fighting mid flight over seat space. People had to break it up before there was all out brawl on the plane. Too bad they didnt take cues on behavior from our 1 1/2 and 4 yr old (never thought id say that). So proud. When we landed in Madrid we had 7 hours to kill and one heck of a tired family. Will found a hotel in the airport that was a lifesaver. We booked a room for 6 hour, turned out all the lights and zonked for 4 hours straight. Zzzzzz. Woke up, changed clothes and headed off to our next 2 1/2 hour flight to Rome :).