So We Got Here

Man oh man was it an early morning,  Up at 4:00  am.  The Buddy came about 5:25 to pick us up.  Art had put the suitcases on the porch and the Buddy just quickly loaded them up in his car.  It was super thoughtful.  Off to the airport we went.  We breezed through security and since we went first class, we were among the first to board the plane.  While waiting for the rest of the passengers to get on, we were given a beverage.  I thought I would never be able to drink it before everyone got on but as luck would have it, I had alot of time to drink it.  The plane had mechanical problems.  we were about 40 minutes late taking off. First class is definitely the way to go.  Way to go Art for getting us tickets.

Because we were late taking off, it didn't leave much time to catch our next flight. And of coarse we landed in the B gates and our connection was in the A gates.  We walked swiftly and purposely.  We arrived at our gate, had our passports checked and immediately boarded the plane. Timing is everything.  The flight was good.  We had a little turbulence over Texas but overall it was a good flight.  Customs wasn't too bad.  We made it through in about 30 minutes.  I pushed the red green buttons fully expecting it to be red but nope it was green so we got right through.

Now for the crazy part........we always request the same room.  Art contacted the reservations department months ago and requested our room.  He tried a couple times to follow up but never could.  So we arrived hoping we got our room.  Well.........we didn't.  Dang!  The sweet girl working the check in desk said they never received the request.  She said we could have it on the 9th.  We said OK we would take it then.  She offered us another room but we would have to use an upgrade to do it so we decided to just take the room they had assigned us. So we went to our room and got unpacked and settled in. Then we met with our concierge person and she said we could upgrade using our credit.  Hey why not.  We decided not to do any tours or go anywhere so we may as well use the credit for that.  Back to the reservations desk we went.  The girl gave us a couple of rooms to look at to see which one we would want.  We really wanted the big balcony. Soooooo we went back to our room and packed up and moved.  Only until the 9th, and then we move again.  It ended up being pretty funny.  After all that we went and had some dinner.  Sweet!!! They still have the tomato squash soup. Yummy!! And yes I had it.  Sad for Art though.  They no longer have the lamp chops.  A lot is the same and a lot has changed.  Looking forward to the beach tomorrow.  As for tonight, we are having a hard time keeping our eyes open so to bed for these kids.