Hello, armchair travelers!
If you googled Road Scholar 11996 from my last post, you know that my sister and I are sailing on the Queen Mary 2 to Southampton, and taking a course in the history of British Theatre. Our first stop was New York City. We flew there Friday and boarded the QM2 on Saturday. Sunday just ended for us and I am finally more or less conversant with the working of the ship’s internet and hopefully will be bloging from here. I am not sure how I will get pictures synched to my iPad yet; I may have to take photos with the iPad instead of the phone.
We were worried about flying Delta, because of the recent snafu affecting computer systems around the world. Companies were able to recover quickly from the problem but Delta was struggling up until Thursday. Our flight was Friday and everything went smoothly. We got to our hotel in midtown Manhattan quickly and efficiently.
View from our room
We met our group leader Kevin and our instructor Gilles Ramsey and had a buffet supper, with a plentiful assortment of food and drink. We met our 24 fellow travelers, who all appear perky and excited about the adventure. There is also a group who are on board studying the life of Churchill and his effect on history.
We strolled the street after dinner. Turns out we were on a charming street with lovely brownstones and a variety of restaurants and entertainment venues, including a psychic! We passed on the psychic, but wandered into Swing 46, a wonderful restaurant/ bar with live music. We enjoyed watching the dancers and listening to the music.
Fatigue set in. We headed home, eager to get some rest before heading off to the Brooklyn port to get on the ship and start our learning adventure.
More to come!