H-hour minus 12 and it seems that everything is well.  Fingers crossed nothing comes up.  After yesterday's revelations and the attendant chaos we took a deep breath, and laughed.   We will contact the embassy in Madrid to see if we can get an extended visa but not at the expense of several weeks, given that as of this writing we have 90 days.  Our contacts in Europe and their son were somewhat bemused as well, because of course if you live in Europe and are a citizen of one of the countries this is not an issue.    Besides, at some point you go with the flow, so see ya on down the road Jack!