Here's
the way it turned out for us. We checked out of the Easystay Motel in
St. Kilda. We then walked up the block & we crossed the street &
shortly thereafter our Airport Bus showed up to take us back to the
airport. We wound up getting there around 7:10AM. We had just enough
time to catch our flight on Virgin Australia Airlines that was scheduled
to depart at 8AM local time. We arrived back in Sydney at 9:25AM. After
having some time to walk around the terminal we caught our connecting
flight on Delta Airlines to Los Angeles that left at 11:20AM local
time. We finally landed in Los Angeles early at 6:45AM Pacific Time Saturday morning.
If your wondering how that's possible you have to take into account
that Melbourne & Sydney, Australia are 14 hours ahead of us here on the East Coast in
the States. In addition, we flew across the international dateline. By
doing so, we gained the day we lost when we flew out there. Since we got
in a little early we had to wait on the plane because we needed to go
through Customs first. Unfortunately they didn't open until 7AM which
turned out to be a disaster.
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| Here I am at Melbourne Airport |
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| Final Call for our flight from Sydney Australia |
When
the King & I finally got through Customs we were told we needed to
get checked in for our flight from Los Angeles to JFK in order to get
through security to board the plane. That wound up giving me a reason to
explode. I knew we were back in the States. When we went through
Customs to depart Melbourne, the process was so organised. When we
attempted to do the same in LA, it was a nightmare. As the clock ticked,
I knew we had no chance of making our connecting flight that was
suppose to depart at 8:30AM Pacific Time. As we went through a run
around trying to find someone from Delta Airlines to help us, our
original flight got delayed 20 minutes. That didn't make a difference.
We still missed our flight. The King tried to calm me down. I was really
upset because I had no idea when the next flight was leaving nor did I
know that we would get on it. Finally a lady from Delta Airlines came to
our aid. She took us to a representative who was able to rebook us on the next
flight to JFK which wound up leaving at 1:30PM. In retrospect, things
actually worked out for the best. If I knew what was going happen ahead
of time I wouldn't have gotten so bend out of shape. As a result, I got
to relax by the gate area of our new flight until it was time to board.
In the meantime, I was able to finally turn my phone back on. I sat
down & I started charging it up. While doing so, I got to
catch up on my e-mails, text messages & my social media activity.
Thanks to modern technology, I was able to get in contact with a number
of special people in my life. What seemed like a nightmare turned out to
be a dream come true. In addition, when I heard the weather forecast
for NYC was rain all day & night, I was more than happy to stay in
LA longer.
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| Here I am charging my phone at LAX Airport |
We
finally got back to JFK around 10PM Eastern Time safe & sound. With that being
said, our journey was a success. We then picked up our baggage which
was checked onto the flight we were supposed to be on. With that being
said, our luggage arrived ahead of us. We then proceeded to take the Air
Train to the subway in Jamaica as we made our way home. We dodged the rain
drops as we walked from the subway station to our home. We walked into the
house just before midnight. Home sweet home.
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| Here I am Outside the Barclays Center |
After
unpacking our bags, we went to sleep. That Sunday I did my laundry
before the King & I shook off the effects of the jet lag as we took the subway to
Brooklyn. We went to the Barclays Center to see the Nets play the Minnesota
Timberwolves that night. The Nets beat the Wolves, 114-99. It was a game
for three quarters then the Nets pulled away in the fourth quarter. The
Nets were able to keep Kevin Love, the star forward for the Wolves, in
check throughout the game. He finished with just 14 points & 9
rebounds.
Stay tuned as I will do some special posts that we recap the Opening week of the baseball season here in the States.
Thank you for reading & following along.
Yours truly,
Gary Herman
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