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There were delays getting off the ship as CBP took quite a while to process non-US citizens (mostly crew, I think) and we sat on an outside deck for more than half an hour waiting for them to let passengers off. Then things moved quite slowly with only a short wait for our ride to arrive to take us back to the hotel to pick up our car. This driver apparently thought we wanted a scenic tour of Newark because what was a short ride from the hotel to the pier turned out to be a lengthy convoluted journey back to the hotel. For a time I feared that the Fairfield Inn where our car was parked was not the Fairfield Inn that he thought he was taking us to. Eventually we made it and the driver helped us unload his car and load the then it. We met in our debarkation lounge at 8AM but with all the delays and the lengthy ride it was after 11 am before we drove out of the hotel parking lot and headed home. Except for heavy traffic approaching the GW bridge and heavy traffic in parts of CT we made it to Rhode Island about 3:15, had a good meal at our favorite Providence eatery and were finally home around 5:15. Did minimal unpacking and hit the bed until 9am. As BB mentioned we will have rain for the next couple of days but it is supposed to get sunny and warmer next week.I think I may have put on a few pounds over the past two weeks, but when I got on the bathroom scale this morning, it appears that the battery died while we are gone, so the actual amount will remain a mystery for the time being.Good to be home, but glad to have had the past two weeks on Jewel of the Seas. If anyone would be interested in a similar experience, Grandeur is doing a 15 night RT out of Boston next September. I'd recommend it highly.
There were delays getting off the ship as CBP took quite a while to process non-US citizens (mostly crew, I think) and we sat on an outside deck for more than half an hour waiting for them to let passengers off. Then things moved quite slowly with only a short wait for our ride to arrive to take us back to the hotel to pick up our car. This driver apparently thought we wanted a scenic tour of Newark because what was a short ride from the hotel to the pier turned out to be a lengthy convoluted journey back to the hotel. For a time I feared that the Fairfield Inn where our car was parked was not the Fairfield Inn that he thought he was taking us to. Eventually we made it and the driver helped us unload his car and load the then it. We met in our debarkation lounge at 8AM but with all the delays and the lengthy ride it was after 11 am before we drove out of the hotel parking lot and headed home. Except for heavy traffic approaching the GW bridge and heavy traffic in parts of CT we made it to Rhode Island about 3:15, had a good meal at our favorite Providence eatery and were finally home around 5:15.
Did minimal unpacking and hit the bed until 9am. As BB mentioned we will have rain for the next couple of days but it is supposed to get sunny and warmer next week.
I think I may have put on a few pounds over the past two weeks, but when I got on the bathroom scale this morning, it appears that the battery died while we are gone, so the actual amount will remain a mystery for the time being.
Good to be home, but glad to have had the past two weeks on Jewel of the Seas. If anyone would be interested in a similar experience, Grandeur is doing a 15 night RT out of Boston next September. I'd recommend it highly.
