My alarm is set for 7:15. If I disembark with my “group” – which I don’t have to, since I’m carrying off my bags – I don’t have to be anywhere until 9:40. And I’m packed already now, other than the PJs on my body and the last remaining bathroom items I’ll need in the morning.
Continue reading “December 18: Disembark in Texas and Fly Home”Category: ups and downs
August 13: Disembark Southampton and Homeward
True to form, I sleep restless with a trip ahead of me.
S has a later flight – late enough that she can go on an excursion that proves disappointing- but the excursion leaves before mine by 90 minutes or so. She knocks to hug me goodbye before she goes.
Continue reading “August 13: Disembark Southampton and Homeward”Getting “across the pond”
Flight delays are not an unusual event these days. My delayed takeoff is not unbearable.
Continue reading “Getting “across the pond””May 4: Southampton England disembarkation and homeward
(Original and secondary itinerary: Copenhagen, Denmark)
To do: get up early. Dress. Grab everything. Check the room twice. Head down to 5 to get a sandwich and a coffee. Rush rush rush. Don’t forget to check in with Amtrak. Rush rush rush.
Continue reading “May 4: Southampton England disembarkation and homeward”Getting there
The plan
Getting to this voyage starts pretty far back, making it a long and circuitous route to get here. This was to have been our cruise in Summer 2020. Obviously that did not happen.
But it came around again, more or less, as life – for the vaccinated and willing-to-be-masked – returned to something more like normal.
Continue reading “Getting there”Testing the waters
We’d been scanning the options for a while, but had not been willing to pursue a trip.
Continue reading “Testing the waters”March 19: Florida bound
From where I live, it’s convenient to get almost nowhere. The airport isn’t terribly far away, but there’s really only one airline with any real presence. That airline is famous for mostly domestic and mostly short run flights.
Continue reading “March 19: Florida bound”On return
We made excellent time on the return trip home, even with stops. This despite the pouring rain as we left Williamsburg – but we seemed to be heading away from the storm at that point.
Which was good. Easier for driving.
Continue reading “On return”Official
It’s official. The last of the travel plans related to our cruise this summer are cancelled. Continue reading “Official”
Figures
So the whole reason I got to see my friends up north was that I needed to visit my work team in NYC.
And I followed my own advice and washed the dickens out of my hands while I was there. Mass transit, big city, lots of people. I washed my hands a lot. Continue reading “Figures”
aka gringita 