Author: John

We made it aboard the plane, did the self-boarding process too but now we need to wait for the plane to be fuelled. Also the flight will take longer than normal because the pilot’s changed the route due to weather.

Finally…

JetBlue felt so bad about delaying our flight that they gave Leanne and I 2 meal vouchers valued at $12 USD each. Now that doesn’t seem too bad except you can’t even buy a prepackaged tuna sandwich for $12! We ended up getting 2 muffins and 2 Clif bars for $22.59 USD. That is hardly a meal.

Not sure what is going on with JetBlue but our quick little flight to Buffalo has now been delayed 10+ times. We were supposed to fly out at 8pm, now our flight is scheduled for who knows, it keeps changing!

Oh and there have also been 4 gate changes!

We had an awful time trying to find HOT coffee at the airport. Dunkin’ was a zoo and Starbucks had not HOT coffee. We finally found a little place close to one of our gates.

We took the C train downtown to Penn station and caught an LIRR train to Jamaica station.

It was about an 18 minute walk to get to the subway which we took up to 72nd street to have a stroll through Central Park. We also stopped to have a sausage on a bun from a food cart. We passed by Strawberry Fields, a mosaic to honour John Lennon, it was underwhelming. We left the park around 2:30pm a few hours early because quite frankly we were tired of ALL the people.

I have now been on two Aircraft carriers. The USS Yorktown in SC and now the USS Intrepid in NYC.

Tourist attractions don’t seem to open before 10am in NYC so we had a leisurely breakfast in the packed tiny breakfast area at our hotel before setting out on our 20 minute walk to the Intrepid Air, Sea and Space museum.

The hotel serves Starbucks coffee at breakfast which seems extravagant for a free breakfast. I had a pre-made sausage, egg and cheese bagel which was pretty good.

It is fascinating how narrow our hotel was. Only 8 rooms per floor. Perfectly adequate hotel, around $300/night CAD.