We were up early
for our flight to the big city. A message on our phone said that
the 8 am flight was delayed by 30 minutes. Not to worry as we had a
60 minute wait in Toronto anyway. We did get to the airport well in
advance (6:30). Yesterday when I did the pre check in, I could not
do it. Judy was fine. After 3 tries of not letting me do it, I
called Porter and told that there was extra security required for me.
Our luggage was opened (fortunately I was there) and the agent went
through everything including the explosive swab. Fine. Then it was
the security check point. Shoes, watch, belt, wallet, etc. All went
into the scanner. After that I had the pat down. It was very
through. Even the bottom of my feet. Then the baggage inspection.
They checked the inside of my wallet! This was all due to a random
check. It was my number that came up. Finally through. Then the
wait!
So our departure was
delayed for an hour and when we arrived in Toronto, our plane had
already left. So much for time to walk around in New York. The next
flight was full and we put on the noon flight. Of course we still
had to go through U.S. Customs in Newark. What a start to our New
York days.
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| Central Park |
We had a good bit of
humour on the NY flight. Somehow we ended up in seats 1A and 1B.
“The front of the plane.” Now that was nice. Porter gave us our
glass of wine shortly after take off. About 2 minute later we hit a
bit of rough air. Judy and I were holding these full wine glasses
away from our seats and the wine was splashing all over us and the
floor. She started to laugh. Few things cause her to laugh for a
long period of time. I guess that broke the ice about being delayed.
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| Times Square |
Customs was slick.
Scan the passport, click a picture and answer the on screen questions
and go. Agent was very friendly! I wish crossing into Detroit was
like that. Airport transfer was quick as well. We were at the hotel
by 3. We are only a few blocks from Central Park so we did a quick
walk in the Park on a very hot sunny day. We did some sight seeing
after that and then grabbed something to eat.
We walked to our
Jersey Boys show which lasted about 2 1/2 hours with a short break.
I found the first part a little slow as they filled in the back
story. After that it rolled along nicely. Quite enjoyable.
After
that we were only about a 20 minute walk from Times Square so we took
that in as well. Talk about people. Jammed with people enjoying
themselves. We stopped at the Hershey store for a bit of chocolate
(samples were being given out) and finally headed back to the hotel.
A very long day ended!
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