I can see Manhattan from the gate lounge
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Still on CO210 from LAX to Newark. Oh, the joys of a blocked sinus on an aeroplane flight! Many brownie points to the sympathetic stewardess who couldn't help with painkillers but suggested a cup of hot water... It actually worked! Much sustained agony was relieved and I made a special point to report the success of her treatment and bestow many sincere thanks.
And all because "Atmospheric pressure does the work"... I think I'll buy some codeine in Newark. Only half an hour or so away. [I wasn't aware at the time that codeine was only available with a prescription in the USA. It was an over-the-counter medicine in Australia until 2018.]
No such luck. Think I can find a chemist in here? Oh well - it's only an hour flight and I feel much better anyway. I'm quite wide awake, which is good for 08:00. Let's see how long it lasts!
Had some brekky at Au Bon Pain - yep, couldn't wait until I hit Cambridge!
Well, three flights down and only one to go. It's now 22:00 same day in Sydney. I've been travelling for 29.5 hours so far! Only two more! Elena should be up and making ready to leave for Logan. Yaaaahhh!!! I think the adrenaline is keeping me awake at this stage.
Oh, I brushed my teeth again here in Newark. First time since Honolulu. And the view from Newark Airport is now captured on film where the Honolulu view wasn't. I can see Manhattan from here in the gate lounge.
I can see Manhattan from the gate lounge |
I'm pretty sure I'm the only Australian to get this far... to a fourth flight to Boston, I mean. I actually saw a woman here who I recognised from the Sydney to Honolulu flight. She's not here waiting for the Boston flight... yet!
Made it! Flight to Boston was on time and Elena met me at the airport terminal. We got the courtesy bus to the T station and hopped trains back to Harvard. We dumped my stuff in her room then went in search of lunch. Oh, I gave her a bunch of coins first, which she delighted in comparing to English and Irish coins.
We got subs at Tony's House of Pizza (formerly a grease pit at which I ate once last time I was here) and went to the Adams House dining hall where Merrill and Carl were. The food was pretty good - doubly so compared to what Merrill had half-eaten.
We chatted a bit afterwards in Merrill's room, then Elena went to a 15:00 section meeting. Merrill and I talked some more before I left to wander Harvard Square and return to Elena's room by about 17:30. She showed up soon after and I showed her the photos I'd brought. ("The drooling kitten!") She retaliated by showing me all the photos I'd sent her over the past two years! [The "drooling kitten" aside here was prompted by the fact that Merrill's room mate Shana had recently adopted an abandoned kitten and was looking after it.]
We went to dinner at the co-op dining room. Elena left for another section and I have come back here to crash and collect some sleep. Oh yeah, Merrill went rapturous at the bag of Violet Crumble I preented to her.
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