Well, yesterday was fun!! We got up at 2:15. Ivy arrived at 3. We
loaded the car and headed to Atlanta. Arrived at the International
airport about 5:30. Got out and waved Ivy goodbye. Shouldn't have done
that!! Our flight was out of Domestic!! Kind lady told us how to go to
the end of the building, down 2 flights and out the glass doors to find
a shuttle that would take us to Domestic Terminal. After a 20-30
minutes ride we arrived. Found the check in kiosk for United, checked in
printed our boarding passes and headed to security (my favorite
place!!). It was very busy.
David told the lady I had a artificial knee
so she got me an escort and took me to a scanner. I thought this is
going to be good. Wrong. Went through scanner and she still patted me
down. I guess she didn't believe the picture. Plus David got picked for
additional scanning. Oh my GOD!!
We finally got through and found our
gate we still had time to grab a croissant and a muffin for me and
two drinks for $23. Got to the gate, plane was late of course and it
was actually coming from San Francisco and then turning around and going
back. It arrived they deplaned, cleaned and loaded a new crew. (Didn't
clean real well there was a banana peal in the pocket at my seat!)
We
finally took off at about 10. Four hour flight to arrive at 2 our time 1
their time. We only had about 50 minutes between this flight and our
flight to Vancouver. We were late getting into San Francisco because
of a huge fog and cloud covering. But it turned out the plane we were on
was the plane going to Vancouver. So we just had to get off, they
cleaned and we got back on. We grabbed two sandwiches (for a mere $20), a
ham and cheese and a roast beef and cheese. Finally taking off and
settling back for our 2 hour trip to Vancouver. Ate our sandwiches,
tried to sleep and watched the scenery.
Arrived at Vancouver airport, declaration form in hand went through
security. No we haven't been to Africa, and haven't been in contact with
anyone from there. Why are we here and how long are we staying. Picked
up our bags headed to ground transportation. To get out of baggage area
we had to give them our declaration form which we had put a way. Met
first unfriendly Canadian who growled stand over there. We got it out
he took it and we left. Found our cab and after our $40 cab ride arrived
at the hotel after having been up over 24 hours!!
Checked in, and arrived at our room on the 26th floor .Beautiful view
and can see the harbor. Couldn't sleep so after messing with computer
and phones headed out for a walk. We were unable to find one of the many
gardens but we are really to tired. I am amazed at the number of Asian
people in Canada. At
least 50% of the people I saw on the street or driving big mercedes and
jaguars and other large SUV's were of Asian descent.
Most every place
only takes Canadian so we came back to the hotel after about an hour. I
was tired and hungry, too.
Our hotel has a revolving restaurant on the 42 floor and it opened at 5
and it was 10 till so we headed up there. Beautiful!! We had a prime rib meal which was one of there specials and included salad
and dessert. It was good. The service was very nice and the view was
fantastic. Our meal lasted long enough so that we made one complete
revolve. It takes 1 hour and 25 minutes. Our waiter said we got a early
dinner special of 20 % off so we gave him the 20% off as a tip.
By the time we got back to our room it was 9:30 pm Augusta time and
6:30 pm Vancouver time. I have been up 30 hours or so!! I crashed and
went to bed. David followed about an hour later. I slept fairly well.
They have not turned the air conditioning on in the hotel yet so we
slept with the window of the balcony open all night. They brought us a
fan but it didn't help.
I finally got up at 6am Vancouver time. It is probably in the 40's
outside but feels good to me. Glad I bought a coat and long pants.
We had met some of the Princess people at the airport and they told us
where our hotel was, when to come to the port and etc. So we are only
about 5 or 10 minutes cab ride from the port so we will leave for there
around 10:30.
Well, I have had my bath. I am dressed and hungry. So we are headed up (
when ever David is ready) to the restaurant for a $18 buffet. It is
expensive here. Oh well, I am retired.
David said he will be sending out blogs at every port since we will
have access to our Verizon. He isn't buying any internet on board ship.
Hope you are all doing okay. Talk to you later.
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