As Amy and I were just zipping up our last of five bags, we got a text message from Dana -- their initial flight on American had been cancelled the ...
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As Amy and I were just zipping up our last of five bags, we got a text message from Dana -- their initial flight on American had been cancelled the night before (thunderstorms or some such) and the airline had rerouted them through Dallas (that is, from Detroit to Dallas to La Guardia) with an arrival of 9:50 p.m., ten minutes before our Aerlingus flight left JFK. After some invective filled texts, and some ticket counter litigation, they managed to get on a flight direct to Newark, arriving at 5ish, plenty of time to make the several-legged bus transfer to JFK. We all met up at the Aerlingus ...
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Airport — 5:20 pm — Waiting at the Airport We’ve gotten snacks and are waiting for 6:10 when we can board. Clare and Andrew are discussing ...
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Airport — 5:20 pm — Waiting at the Airport We’ve gotten snacks and are waiting for 6:10 when we can board. Clare and Andrew are discussing second-person narrative style and iambic pentameter. David Weatherer drove us here. Good ol’ David! Airplane — 7:45 (Eastern Standard Time) We had a nice surprise in that we expected no in-seat monitors and we got an airplane that has them, so we will be entertained. I left Rupert at home. Simply forgot him. He wasn’t even on my to-do list, although I did think about it at least one time this week. We landed around 6:30 am, rented a car, got euros (not enou...
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