Autumn
in Canada
Flight
to Boston
Monday,
September 30, 2019
We just returned from our twenty-day vacation including our Boston
to Montréal cruise. We started in
Boston, spend 5 days to enjoy the city. Then cruised to Montréal. We spent
three days in Montréal enjoying the culture and the Autumn colors. We wanted to
share our adventure with you
We took Uber to LAX and boarded a Delta Airline flight to
Boston. Because of the long flight and our back problems we flew Business
class. The flight was five hours. We flew out at 8:05am. Because of the time
change (going east), we landed in Boston at 5:15pm.
The flight was uneventful with just occasion air
turbulence for short while. We landed at
Boston Logan Int'l Airport. The weather was 48F, wind chill factor 40F. Again
we took Uber to our hotel which worked very nicely.
We checked into the Sheraton/Bonvoy Hotel, Boston. We
went to our room and it was one of the best rooms we have stayed while
traveling. It had a sleeping area, living room area and a small office area. It
was perfectly set up for us to do everything we needed for our trip and writing
our next novel.
Picture
of Trader Joe's
After
registering and getting settled, it was 7:00pm and we were getting hungry.
Because we are on a special diet we researched Trader Joe and found one two
blocks from our hotel. With the help of GPS, we walked enjoying the lovely
sunset. When we got to Trader Joe's, there was a sign out front, "The
Smallest Trader Joe's in the Known Universe". We took the escalator down and found the
smallest Trader Joe's we had ever seen!
To make something this small, and well-stocked work, they
had a strict system of shopping. You got your cart and got in line at the back
wall. there was a line that snaked along the wall everyone with carts and
pulled off the shelf what you wanted. At the end of the line was the cashier,
you paid for your items and took the escalator up and left. So, when in Rome
you do what the Romans do, we got our cart and stood in line. We took off the
shelf what we wanted, followed the line all the way around, paid for our items,
returned our cart and walked home. Everyone online was orderly and friendly.
We talked to those in front of us, in back of us, cattycorner from us. It was a
nice meeting place. Though, I wondered what you would do if you were in a hurry
or only wanted to pick up one or two items. So I asked. Everyone I asked
shrugged and said, "follow the line".
As we
walked to our Hotel with our bag of food enjoying the city lights of Boston
Back Bay, we agreed this was probably how Lemmings feel, resigned.
