Day 2, travel and arrival in Boston ... or ‘Planes and boats and trains’ (Dione Warwick)
Well, the good news is that we woke up bright and early at Premier Inn. The bad news, our flight was not until 1650. That is a lot of day to fill!
A Premier Inn breakfast was followed by a seamless check in (no hold baggage, remember) and then a wait until 1330 when we could enter ‘My Lounge’. We do not normally bother with Lounges, preferring a leisurely Prem Inn breakfast, a stroll and some people watching in the terminal, atrium. The fact that we had a whole day to fill before flying had caused this extortionately expensive change upon us.
‘My Lounge’ was airy, not overcrowded and a respite from the departure hall. The wine was a rather refreshing Sauvignon and the snacks pretty good.I would certainly now reccommend it as a time filler, but not a rite of passage, if flying in the morning.
Mandie relaxes in ‘my lounge’.
We duly left and flew at the allotted 1650 and I must say that the flight was excellent. The IFE was very good, albeit not as wide in range as that of Virgin Atlantic. When food was bought around, we were grateful for our £3.99 WH Smith meal deals as I most certainly would not have swapped with those who had paid for in flight meals. The guy next to me looked rather envious of our fare!
Boston immigration and customs worked really well with the automated booths and we went from Aircraft exit door to the pavement outside within 20 minutes. We walked past baggage reclaim on our way out .. and the carousel hadn’t even started moving. I must admit, we felt somewhat smug. Dan (our eldest) was the very first off the plane. (He wanted me to mention this).
The taxi from Logan to Lewis wharf, where our boat letting was moored was a simple matter and it must be added that downtown is spectacularly close to Boston Int... and then the snags started.
We could not contact the guy who was to check us into the boat, a snag only remedied when my ‘tech savvy‘ son realised that in order to use UK mobile phones, we had to do plus and then one first. We soon then met up, and were on our 2 bedroom boat in no time. $576 for 3 nights in a 2 x bedroom, air conditioned accommodation is around a third of hotel prices or even better. Boston hotels seemed pricier than New York, when planning. Besides.. this is far more exciting!
The location is excellent and we are all of 100 yds from old town Boston. All that remained was a quick walk to a convenience store and then bed!
Our lovely, air conditioned 2 bedroomed ocean liner. (Of sorts).
The ships lounge.
Dan admires the Boston skyline from wharfside next to the boat.
10800 steps for the day.
And my patriotic boxers are all prepped and ready for the morning!