Showing posts with label airports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label airports. Show all posts

Monday, January 6, 2014

Airports Should Have Free Wifi

(Actually, free wifi should be everywhere, but that’s a story for another day)

I say this because at this moment I am sitting at my gate (B35 Terminal 4 of JFK Airport) two hours before my plane takes off and I keep turning on my laptop magically expecting the little wifi icon to appear with full bars, but so far this hasn’t happened yet so I am left to write this in a word document.

My airport adventure was not as terrible as I expected.  The baggage check and security lines were longer than I am used to (I was the first and only person in line for GSO security the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, which was borderline freaky).  My checked bag was a mere 5 pounds over the weight limit so I had to pay an extra $100.  Checking an extra bag would’ve cost $85.
Only a single file line at security

5 pounds overweight hollaaa
I’m really not as nervous as I expected to be.  I keep stating that the only thing I’m really nervous about is making it through Heathrow airport and switching terminals, but I already wrote a whole post on my nerves for that so I won’t bore you with repeating the same worries again.

Snippets of what I’m looking forward to in the next week:
  • Moving into my flat
  • Taking a tour of some London landmarks
  • Finally finding out what classes I'm taking
  • Warmer weather than New York
  • Getting my schedule so I can plan future trips
  • Taking tons of photos
Airport selfie life


At this time, I would like to thank the people of JFK Airport for keeping me entertained, from the women trying to rescue her cat-like dog into it’s carrier, to the two kids were matching checkered button-down shirts chasing each other on the moving walkways, to the man across from me doing Tai Chi.

The plane has arrived

(Update: I'm posting this now that I have access to wifi, and I'm already moved in!  More soon.)