It’s a long slog, getting to America. First we had a night (Monday night) in a Premier Inn at Manchester Airport. Then early this morning (Tuesday) we checked in and dropped off our bags, about two and a half hours before take-off. Getting through security was quick which meant that we did some waiting and sitting by the gate. After boarding (nearly an hour in advance of take-off – this flight was with a full-featured airline) we did more sitting in the plane waiting to start the flight. Which eventually happened, of course; so then we waited for it to be over, for nearly eight hours, and passed the time doing even more sitting.
Getting through US immigration was very quick this time – there were no queues so we were through within five minutes, and we found our bags just emerging onto the carousel in the baggage hall. The Super Shuttle bus ride to our B&B was slow and extremely hot but we eventually arrived and were being checked in by our friendly host, Courtney Lodico, just over 15 hours after waking up in Manchester, and rather more than 24 hours after leaving home on Monday evening.
We drank cups of tea; we explored the neighbourhood; we drank some wine; we ate pizza in a local restaurant; and we eventually hit our bed in the middle of the evening – which was into the early hours, UK time.
Tomorrow (Wednesday) we’ll be off to see the sights.
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