July 21, 2012. The morning started very early, for a couple of us. With
an 8-o-clock flight, we had to be to the airport by about 7.
Fortunately, breakfast in the hotel opened up in time for us to grab
something to eat along the way; Peggy and I each toasted some waffles,
and Sophia and Erin had granola bars instead.
We arrived at the airport without incident and unloaded our luggage,
moving it all inside as Peggy found a place to park her car. She
returned before we had moved very far in line.
The rest of it pretty much breaks down into airport security and loading
planes. We got some lunch during the first layover before the rest of
the group arrived, and we all flew out to JFK together. We all pretty
well sat around for an hour here. Some got up and wandered around,
taking a look at everything; Peggy found an international phone, and
then we boarded for the long flight over the Atlantic.
After two meals and some uncomfortable sleep, we arrived! The group was
split up in their seating, so we only managed to meet back up after
customs. We hit the money exchange and ATMs, then were off to find
transportation - someone tried to swindle us for the price of a bus, but
we found a deal for a train instead. And we arrived just in time to
miss the outgoing train, naturally! Wouldn't be any sort of trip without
some hangup.
Finally, we reached our station and hurried up to get tickets for a bus;
rode all the way to the bed & breakfast, checked in, and relaxed.
Everyone eventually decided to go out and walk around, and we all
returned after some time, soaked from the rain. After a very filling
dinner, we called it a night.
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