Showed up to Aberdeen airport at around 5:30am, meeting up with everyone else, ready to start the adventure.
We all checked in our bags, I was one of the last to do so and because I have a rucksack type, as opposed to a proper suitcase I was told to go and put it through a special door. I did so and joined the rest of the gang.
“Why’d you have to go over there?”
Paula had assumed I was checking in my boom mic.
I had joked previously about a boom mic, why she thought that was all I’d need, I’m not sure.
Security was fine, and we were on the plane in no time, ready to hit Heathrow and on to New York!
But no. Once in Heathrow we had a three hour layover -which we expected. What we didn’t expect was the two and a half hour wait for the plane to be ready after a technical issue…
Instead of arriving in JFK at just after 2pm, we ended up getting to the hotel at 7pm. The shuttle driver ended up being pretty cool.
He had to do something to redeem the company though, after they made us wait far too long – he took what was essentially the long way around to get to the hotel from the airport.
Driving us over the Queensboro Bridge, and through Times Square.
The hotel is nicer than we thought it would be. I became Mr. Mackie briefly.
After getting unpacked, we headed back out to Times Square and then for something to eat at TGI fridays, walking home via Rockefeller Plaza.
Now just chillin’, watching tv, planning out tomorrow…ish.