After arriving at the airport, we had to locate the 1/4 mile long line to stand in order to check in with American Airlines (yes, we flew on Delta to Italy and American home, don't ask me; also, Lael & Christie were not sitting together on any flight, the agent screwed up). Luckily, the line moved fast as our flight was scheduled to leave at 11:30 am. We finally checked in and cleared security by about 10:30 am and boarded our flight by 11:00 am. If you haven't gotten the picture yet, today was a REALLY LONG DAY. The first plane ride was 10 1/2 hours long. We then had a 4 hour layover in Chicago followed by a 4 hour flight to Portland. We had another delay in Chicago because American only flies a couple of times to Portland from Chicago and another flight was late...another 45 minutes delay. By the time we got home it was about midnight on Saturday. We had been up for about 27 hours. The trip was definitely incredible and neither of us wanted to go home.