Bermuda Cruise - Day 0
For the next week or so, I'll be making a daily post of my travelogue of the Bermuda cruise that Shelley and I returned from recently. Here goes!
Saturday, May 5
This was the first time either Shelley or I had flown Porter from the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, and it probably won't be the last. My parents were nice enough to give us a lift to the airport. Well, I drove, but not having to take a cab was appreciated! After the world's shortest ferry ride, we got through security quickly, and made out way to the sumptuous Porter lounge, with free snacks, drinks and wifi available. Our flight was delayed about an hour from the original 4:00, but eventually we were on our way.
We landed in beautiful scenic Newark, NJ around 6:30. We got to the hotel shuttle area just as we saw our van for the Country Inn & Suites pulling away, so we had to wait about 30 minutes for the next one. We quickly checked in at the hotel, and made our way over to the adjacent Ruby Tuesday, where we hoped to catch some Scrabblers still left over from the scheduled 6:30 dinner meetup. Our esteemed hosts, Shauna & Dave, were still there, along with several others from our cruise group (Greg, Marilyn, Nancy, Carol, Anne & Jeannine). Note: If you want to call your daughter "Juh-nin", you spell it Jeannine, not Jehanne... Shauna and Marilyn sent their husbands on a dangerous mission into the hood to get hard liquor and wine. Somehow, Dave managed to get Shelley 2 bottles of wine for US$15.
After sort of getting through an episode of one of my coma-inducing faves, The Mentalist, sleep came to me easily (as usual). Shelley, on the other hand, couldn't get to sleep at all, possibly due to the huge-ass full moon. This would not bode well for the next day.