Travel is glamorous, travel is glamorous…no matter how many times I repeat that, it’s still total crap.
The storms that passed through Dallas on Wednesday totally screwed up air travel on the entire East Coast including, New York LGA.
After a 2.5 hour hold in Dallas, we finally had an uneventful flight but, the story doesn’t end there. On the ground at LaGuardia, clearly the best 3rd World airport in the US, we waited 45 minutes to get to the gate.
Once there, you leave the new terminal and enter the LGA we all know and love. Because of my trekking poles, I had to check one tiny bag, another 35 minutes.
Construction at the airport means taxis are now a bus ride away, 10 more minutes culminating in another 10 minutes waiting for a taxi to show up. At 2:40 AM, I happily climbed into a ratty Yellow Cab for my 15 ride to my hotel near JFK.
Late checkout today and then off to JFK and my flight to MAD and then to LCG and a train to Ferrol.
The life of the modern day Pilgrim is not as difficult as that of our predecessors and in reality, I really have very little to complain about but, I guess I just did.
Breathe in, breathe out…
My thoughts now are all positive, I look forward to immersing myself in this experience and absorbing the beauty of Spain, the Camino and the moving community which it represents.