We had a long but uneventful flight to Oahu, just over an hour from BTV to JFK and then about 10 hours from JFK to Honolulu, we were a bit cranky when we arrived. We learned that there is no relation between the name of our shuttle service to the hotel and their performance, they are named 'Speedishuttle'. Our hotel is 10 miles from the airport, we got to our hotel over 2 hours later, most of the time was waiting for our Speedishuttle driver.
Anyway, we shouldn't complain, we are here and have a nice room at the Aston Waikiki Sunset with a ocean view just a block from Waikiki beach.
It turns out that Sue and Roger are here at the same time visiting their daughter, Valerie, who just took a job at the hospital. We met up with them last night at a beach bar and had drinks, snacks and watched fire works. It was a great time.
Who would think we need to fly 5000 miles to see our friends who live in New Hampshire.
Today we have not completely set our itinerary, but will most likely go pay our respects at the Arizona memorial at Pearl Harbor...a must visit if you have not done it before.
A vacation with my sister and brother in law, priceless! Traveling is not so bad if you have a couple of nips for the flight. Hawaii is gorgeous, white sand and blue water. Meeting good friends here was a bonus.
ReplyDelete