I am sitting at JFK Airport, Terminal 1, Gate 8 waiting for my scheduled flight to Beijing. I gave up trying to connect to Internet over the free Wifi service. A nice feature sponsored by Samsung are Mobile Charging Stations throughout the terminal. They are posts where you can connect and recharge your laptop or mobile phone while you work.
Morning started early as Jane, Ceci and Randy took me up the Garden State Parkway to the “bus terminal” at Tom’s River. More of a bus stop with attached parking lot for commuters. We waited for some 20 minutes until my Olympic Shuttle (talk about an appropriate name for someone going to the Olympics!) arrived to pick me up. I was the only passenger from that station. A very nice and courteous driver explained to me the procedure for changing bus at Newark Airport. It turned out to be a very simple task where after I was dropped off at about 11:10 am, I had to call, report my location and was told to wait until I was picked up at my location (Terminal A) at noon. The ride was pleasant, we picked up passengers along the way at Wall, NJ and some other stop by which time the bus was totally full for delivery at Newark Airport.
The next bus picked me up promptly at noon and we were off to JFK with a scheduled arrival of 1:30. No traffic and just a little rain allowed us to arrive some twenty minutes early. By 1:30 I had already checked in, gone through security clearance and was waiting in line to get some lunch at a pannini serving facility next to my departure gate. Had an Italian on Focaccia which not only was delicious but my first bite immediately took me back to our recent Mediterranean experience with our dear friends Clara and Jacques.
On checking in I found out our group is all sitting together so the trip will get started in good old Latin camaraderie.
Morning started early as Jane, Ceci and Randy took me up the Garden State Parkway to the “bus terminal” at Tom’s River. More of a bus stop with attached parking lot for commuters. We waited for some 20 minutes until my Olympic Shuttle (talk about an appropriate name for someone going to the Olympics!) arrived to pick me up. I was the only passenger from that station. A very nice and courteous driver explained to me the procedure for changing bus at Newark Airport. It turned out to be a very simple task where after I was dropped off at about 11:10 am, I had to call, report my location and was told to wait until I was picked up at my location (Terminal A) at noon. The ride was pleasant, we picked up passengers along the way at Wall, NJ and some other stop by which time the bus was totally full for delivery at Newark Airport.
The next bus picked me up promptly at noon and we were off to JFK with a scheduled arrival of 1:30. No traffic and just a little rain allowed us to arrive some twenty minutes early. By 1:30 I had already checked in, gone through security clearance and was waiting in line to get some lunch at a pannini serving facility next to my departure gate. Had an Italian on Focaccia which not only was delicious but my first bite immediately took me back to our recent Mediterranean experience with our dear friends Clara and Jacques.
On checking in I found out our group is all sitting together so the trip will get started in good old Latin camaraderie.
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