We arrived

Today's photos
We beat our record as well today from getting from the aircraft door to waiting for public transport, today we achieved it in 30 minutes, having a wheelchair with you can have its advantages at times.

There is a shuttle bus from the arrivals to Airport Subway Station and it's only a 5 minute ride or so, then into the station to get a Charlie Ticket which is basically your single or return ticket depending on how much you put on it, you can also add week passes to these but they are so flimsy there probably not going to last a week but you have to have these for the ferries. The other one that they do just to confuse you is called a Charlie Card which is a plastic card for single, return and weekly passes, but is only sold at a limited amount of subway stations, you can see how this could get confusing, it also gives you slightly cheaper rides per trip.

We got the Blue Line 4 stops, then changed to Green line which resembles the old streetcars. This wasn't a pleasant experience as they were all packed even after letting a couple go passed so ended squeezed in there for 3 stops. Arlington station is just around the corner from the hotel, but check-in wasn't until 3pm and it was only 1pm at the moment, so had a stroll down the road and got a burger.

We walked back to the hotel for 3 and checked in that's when they said you don't get free WiFi in the room only in the lobby, which is a bit of a pain in the arse, but that seems to be the way in posh hotels, they did upgrade the room for us so we have lots of space and a walk-in shower.

By now, it was 4pm and time to go out for a wander around and get some drink to put on the fridge. It's a really warm afternoon and we're both knackered so wasn't out long, we got the Charlie Cards from the subway across the road from the hotel, at $21.25 for 7 days unlimited on all bus, subway zone 1A commuter trains, then caught the train one stop to Copley Square to get some bits from CVS and the liquor store before heading back pasted where the Boston Marathon finish line is and is kept in place all year round. We also pasted were both bombs exploded just over 5 years ago, they still haven't put in a memorial and the only thing that marks the spot is 2 bits of the sidewalk that curve out into the road, apparently, this is where they will eventually be placed.

We were back at the hotel by 7 but we have been on the go now for nearly 20 hours so until tomorrow, laters.

Maps are interactive apart from transit stops, which are not compatible with embedded Google maps.

Flight

The flight took off at 10am and by 10:30 we were at 34,000 feet and travelling at 517 miles an hour. Now it was time for the refreshment trolley to make it's the first trip along the plane so I availed myself of the free beer that was on offer as it would be awfully rude not to. There is supposed to be free WIFI on here, but I couldn't seem to get it to work even though I can connect to it. It was the same at the airport so I don't know if I was doing something wrong or the phone just doesn't like it, but I had no problem last time, I'm sure I can live without the web for a while anyway although I do have other devices I can try.

11:00

I smell lunch, time for a swift beer before they serve lunch, normally this is the worst part of any of the flights we have been on but today we were in for a surprise. Jane had the chicken risotto and I had the pasta and both were actually really good, even the chocolate moose wasn't frozen solid, and the knives and forks are good quality. Nothing like eating lunch at 36,000 feet doing 530 miles an hour. We still have about 5 hours to go, but a full belly makes it better.

12:00
After much trying I've finally got the Internet to work and although it takes a long time for things to happen, it's working and Facebook, as well as Messenger, doesn't require you to buy any airtime.
Just when things were getting boring someone opened the overhead compartment and the hinge broke so it's hanging down in the aisle now, there are 6 people involved in trying to fix it after they managed to get all the stuff out that was in there. What they need is an engineer on the plane or somebody with a load of the things that you put the weekly tickets, bus tickets in at work they can stick anything to anything. Still, it was interesting to watch while I was eating my ice cream.

14:40
Starting drag now, but there is only a couple of hours to go, no chance of getting any sleep on here but tried to have a nap anyway. Hopefully, they will come round with some beer and snacks again soon, by the time that is over with we should be almost ready to land. I suppose it could be worse, if you are heading to San Francisco then we would still have 7 hours to go.

15:40
They finally came round with the snacks which were cheese and turkey croissant and that was nice as well, either the food has gotten better or maybe it's just Delta, we will find out on the way back as that flight is with Virgin Atlantic. There are only 260 miles to go now so it's a mad rush for them to collect everything up, I can't help thinking why they don't come round a bit sooner so you don't have to shovel it down your neck like a seagull at Blackpool. Hopefully, they remembered to put the wheelchair on the plane when left because it's normally a 5-mile hike to customs. The landing went ok and the overhead bin that broke stayed in place, but another bit of the interior came off when we hit the runway, it's OK if bits fall off inside but not outside of the plane.
Hopefully, it won't be too much hassle getting on the shuttle bus to the subway station then 2 trains into the city. That's for the next post though.