Last night we finally arrived home in Pittsburgh. Saturday was a LONG day. Before we checked out of our hotel we went to the beach and the pool one last time, knowing we probably won’t see the beach for another year. People who live by the beach don’t realize how lucky they are! Anyways after that we went back to the room and packed everything up. I don’t think I forgot anything, although my suitcase is not completely unpacked yet. After packing up we went out to lunch then picked up our shuttle for the airport. When we got to the airport and got through security we found out our flight was delayed an hour, and we were there early to begin with so it very boring waiting for our flight. After you know your vacation is over you just want to get home! Finally we got on our flight, which was very bumpy on the way home. 2 hours later we were in Pittsburgh and back to the normal life. Once we got home we took all our stuff inside and tried to relax, I didn’t even touch my computer. We watched some TV and went to bed.
Waking up this morning I wished I was in still in Florida. You don’t realize how nice a vacation is to take until you get back from one. I have a ton of work to do and don’t feel like doing any of it, but I know I need to do it. It’s kinda hard the first day back to get back to the normal way of doing things, not relaxing all day and not having to worry about anything. Oh well, I’m glad I went on vacation! You can check out the Flickr set I made for the trip. I just updated it with more photos. I will also be doing some more posts about the trip. I also have some business / web related post to get done so stay tuned for those!
The week down here in Florida has been really nice. Ashley and I have had a lot of fun! When we got in on Saturday we spent most of the day at the pool / beach. Sunday we rented wave runners. This was the first time I have done and it was really a great time, although when Ashley was driving she almost killed me! When we were out on the wave runners we saw a big group of dolphins, they were only about 10 feet from us, to bad I didn’t have my camera!
Monday we were at the beach for a good while and went to the pool. We also went down the street to check out some stores. There really isn’t a lot around here. At the beach store they had someone doing henna tattoos so Ashley got one. It’s not bad, but good thing it only lasts for 2 weeks! We went out to eat at a place called Village Inn, which is basically like a Denny’s. We haven’t really gone to a really nice restaurant yet, we will before the week is over. Yesterday Ashley’s Uncle picked us up and we spent the day over at their place which is about 40 minutes away from where are staying. It was nice to meet some of Ashley’s relatives and get to known them better. We spent most of the day there then came back to the hotel where we went swimming. We are going to go snorkeling tomorrow and hopefully rent wave runners sometime before we leave. I have been slowly uploading pictures to Flickr. So you can check them out as I upload them.
Well its 7PM here and I haven’t slept since around noon yesterday! As you may have guessed Ashley and I made it to Florida! Our flight from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia was horrible! We were cramped on a 737. If this was my impression of U.S. Airways I would never fly them again! The service was horrible, flight attendants really did not say anything to you and were not very helpful at all. Luckily our second flight was much better. This time we were on an Airbus A321. The plane was much larger that the 737 and the actual size inside of the plane was larger. This made traveling much more comfortable. Also our flight attendants were very nice and helpful. The above picture is the sun coming up during our flight.
Once we got in we took a shuttle to our hotel. The shuttle drive was about 40 minutes. When we got to the hotel they had a room for us, but if we wanted a beachside view room we would have to wait. So we decided to wait. During that time we went down to the beach to swim, went swimming in the pool, and ate lunch. Finally after all of that our room was ready. This is the view we waited for, not bad at all!
Well I’m posting this from the Airport’s free WiFi. Getting through security and everything was very smooth. We got e-ticket’s through Priceline so we had to go to the ticket counter to get our tickets. They had touch-screens setup where you retrieve your tickets. It was a very easy process. The security line was quite long, but we got through in about 10 minutes, so no problems there. I have never flown U.S. Airways before so I will see how it compares to Southwest. Well I’m going to shut down my PC and try to relax.
For the past 2 hours I have been packing. This time I was smart and made a list of the things that I need to take, I always end up forgetting something! So hopefully this time I won’t. Packing for this trip is a lot different from CES. For CES I pack all dress clothes except for 1 or 2 pairs of regular clothes. I’m packing all regular clothes so it’s a lot more to pack.
If you notice there are no big suitcases in the above picture. I use a carry-on suitcase and a laptop / camera bag. I try to always carry on, I don’t want to have to deal with the airline losing my luggage. It will be my first time getting some good use out of the Lowepro CompuDaypack. It is designed to hold both a laptop and D-SLR camera. Hopefully I can fit all of my stuff in there, it is only designed for small day and weekend trips.
For entertainment on the flight I have my laptop, DS Lite, iPod, a magazine, and a book to read, although the flight time is not that long. We fly from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia, which will be about an hour. Then we have about a 40 minute wait till our flight from Philadelphia into Tampa. That flight we will about 2 hours and 15 minutes. I always try to pack things to do because I hate being bored. I will probably end up writing reviews on most of the flight.
Our flight leaves at 5:45AM so I probably will just stay up, too excited to sleep! If I have time I will make a post from the airport on their free WiFi.
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