Boston!

I'm on my second contract now!

I flew from Charlotte to New York to Boston today! We arrived to New York early, but ended up having to circle around for a while because a lot of other planes were coming in too. And during the flight from NY to Boston, a total of... 30 minutes was spent at cruising altitude. Interesting few hours of flying... I met Jr Miss South Carolina, who was flying to New York to talk to a magazine, then to CT for another competition. I got to encourage her because it was her first time flying. I also met a man from Boston who used to work as a travelling tour guide. I think I convinced him to go on a HAL cruise in Alaska next summer; he was thinking about it anyway, but I told him how much I enjoyed working on the ship there and all about Holland America). On the flight to Boston, I had a middle seat but there was no one in the aisle, and a flight attendant (I guess going home) in the window seat. Not much talking went on there, but I'm finally almost finished reading Le Fantome de l'Opera!

There was a 20 minute wait for the shuttle, and I was the only one on it. Then, it took a while to get to the hotel because of traffic. I did get to see a little bit of Boston that way at least. There are some pretty little houses. I saw a stretch of beach too. Ah, water (the ocean), how I missed it these past three weeks.
The hotel couldn't find my reservation at first, then they realized that I did say "Holland America," which means my key is with the group. Apparently there are quite a few people getting on. Doesn't surprise me really, since it's just getting back from Europe. We'll probably get a lot of new people when we get back from the Med at the end of November too.

Off on another adventure. I spent a lot of my bored-time online, looking at all the excursions and starting to pick out ones I'd like to go on. In New England/Canada, it's mainly tours. I'll probably do quite a bit of exploring on my own then, or do the hop on-hop off tours. That way I can get the info, but also have time for photos and enjoying what I want to enjoy instead of rushing through.

Hopefully tomorrow won't be nearly as bad as my first first day was! We leave at 7 this time, instead of 6:30, so that's an improvement. I'll let you know how the day goes when I can. It'll be different in a lot of ways, but the ship layout has to be somewhat similar, so doubt I'll get too lost at least! :)