Cheryl
Escape From Spain-Yes, I'm a Boomer and Yes, My Kids Were Right-I Should Have Come Home Sooner
It doesn’t sink in until we see that our fellow travellers are wearing Tyvek suits, gloves, masks and face shields—we have waited too long to leave Spain. Now, the departures area of the Madrid–Barajas Airport looks more like the set of Contagion than an international travel hub. But we’re lucky to be here at all. With border closings spreading as fast as COVID-19, getting a flight to Canada wasn’t easy. But the biggest hurtle to getting home? Disbelief. It began when we were