On To Miami
By traveltripz on Jul 8, 2007 in Miami, USA
Up bright and early this morning - 6am. Pack the bags with great difficilty. We haven’t brought much but it is amazing what you accumulate in a short time.
Check out is painless and we head off to 41st Street to catch the bus out to Newark station. “Which terminal ya goin to?” we are asked. Oh god we don’t know, and a frantic search of the paperwork ensues.
A young lady advised that she thought we would probably leave from terminal C as she was heading to California and she felt the Miami flight would also leave from C.
We figured we could catch a cab between terminals if we had to.
Sure enough it was terminal C. Our original flight had been cancelled and the terminal alpha wasn’t on the replacement paperwork, but thank goodness we had also brought a copy of the cancelled flight as the required informtion was on that.
Next step - find out what you have to do when there are no signs or assistants to explain how things work.
So we stand in line waiting to be called to a counter when the people behind us tell us that we just approach a counter and key in our details. Okay, off we go and sure enough as we are following the directions on the screen, a lady appears to check out that we are who we say we are and take our bags.
The system is great once you know how it works.
On to the check-in scanners and once again I set off the alarm. I wear a gold bangle that I have worn since it was given to me by my grandmother when I was 10. It tends to set off the alarms at most airports. And of course I have grown around the bracelet over the years so it can’t be removed.
So there I stand in a glass cage being patted down while Paula waits patiently putting on her shoes which have had to be removed before going through the scanner.
The flight is smooth although we are put into a holding pattern for 25 minutes.
The snack is also interesting, consisting as it does of a turkey sandwich, a packet of raw baby carrots and a packet of M & M’s.
On arrival we get lost looking for the baggage carousel. Finally work it out and manage to find a shuttle bus which delivers us right to the door of the Intercontinental Hotel for a cost of $15.00 plus the tip.
Check in is smooth and the room is spacious with an excellent view.
We have decided to take it easy tonight and check out the surrounding area tomorrow.
