Prague Journal

Sunday, August 29, 2004.

We were all up around 5:30 a.m.; showered and ready to go around 6. Rick and Matt and I, with Matt’s two 50-pound suitcases, drove to the rental car place and took the shuttle from there to the airport. Jim and Vivien left a bit later, meeting us at the airport with the rest of our bags so we didn’t have to carry anything very far. I stood in line while Rick and Matt unloaded the bags. Fortunately, the line was short and we got checked in easily and got through security with no problems. We had time for a light breakfast at the airport before we boarded.
The flight from Denver was on time and the connection in Chicago was the easiest one could imagine. We had an hour to spare, but our departure gate was directly across from our arrival gate so we didn’t have to lug the heavy carry-on bags very far.
We arrived in Hartford around 4:45. Rick and Matt got the luggage while I went to get the rental car. This time I got a large SUV, a Chevy Trail Blazer, so we could fit the luggage and the three of us in the car easily. We drove directly to Middletown, arriving at our hotel around 6.
Matt had been complaining about not having arranged a cellphone before we left Colorado, so we looked up the closest Radio Shack, fortunately only a short drive from campus, and made plans to go there first thing in the morning. They had closed at 6 on Sunday, but would be open at 9 a.m. on Monday.
Pete and Elly Pringle met us at our hotel around 7 and we had a lovely dinner with them at the Indian restaurant adjacent to our hotel.

posted by JWinn @ 8:16 PM