Friday
I had a quiet start to the day and checking on the train i discovered it was running late. I did not want to get to the station too early so, once I had checked out, I grabbed a coffee and hung around in the foyer for an hour and a half. I then found the shuttle driver and he took me to the station. When I arrived at the station the train was running 45 minutes late.
Eventually the train arrived and I was lucky enough to be a assigned a seat on my own even though it was quite busy. We finally arrived in the outskirts of West Palm Beach where we stopped and waited and waited!! finally the conductor told us why we were held up, there was a local train in the station and it was obviously taking its time, lol!! Finally, we started up again and arrived at the station one hour and twenty minutes late.
It was very warm outside the station, after another warm sunny day! The hotel shuttle arrived and I was soon at the hotel. My room is huge, it has a kitchenette separated from the bedroom by the bathroom, the closet and a short passageway. The bedroom has two double beds so it is quite big.
I went downstairs and purchased a small pot of Campbells Soup as well as a Beef and Mashed Potato dinner, it was very enjoyable!! It took me a while to unwind before I could settle down to sleep!
Saturday
It was another warm, sunny day today and I went down for the free breakfast. After breakfast it was time to get busy. First, the shuttle took me to a Publix store to do some shopping. After I purchased my supplies, I went to the Panera Bread Shop next door to have a coffee, just my luck, their steam wand had broken so no coffee for me! I rang the hotel and waited for the shuttle.
One back at the hotel I unpacked and then grabbed my large load of washing and went to the Guest Laundry. One that was all finished it was time to grab the shuttle again. This time I went to the Greyhound station as I needed to change my booking. I am not that impressed with Greyhound, $20 to change the ticket and you can only go on the same trip! If you do not print your ticket you have to purchase another one as they are not yet set up for electronic tickets, Amtrak could teach them a lesson or two! i changed my ticket and when I was in the shuttle, which had waited for me, I noticed it was not Economy Extra which my original ticket was. This gives priority boarding and as I do not travel well on buses i need to be close to the front!
Then it was back to the hotel to do my ironing before I made my tea. It was a very busy day, lol!!
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