Rebooked Again – but did we arrive

We ended off our last post with the comment “Hopefully tomorrow will go smoothly and we will be in Buenos Aires on Monday November 6th.” Well this was not to be.

We left Huntsville on Sunday around 11:00 a.m. planning on being at the airport 2+ hours in advance for our flight to NY. This should have been ample time as it was a sunny day, and little traffic until south of Barrie….buy shortly after Hwy 89 traffic slowed down and then came to a complete stop. For 2 1/2 hours we sat in traffic as all south bound lanes were closed. As a result we missed our AA flight to NY. We tried to get to NY through Delta, but we were advised that there was not sufficient time between flights as Mondays are crazy at JFK.

After much discussion, there appeared to be only one viable option – stay at Elements Airport Hotel in Toronto on Monday night and fly at 6:00 a.m. to Miami on Tuesday morning. We would spend the day in Miami waiting for our 7:55 p.m. flight to Buenos Aires.

We were up at 2:15 a.m. on Tuesday morning for our flight check-in so we were exhausted when we reached Miami. Larry and I rented a dayroom, showered, lay down for about an hour, walked to a nearby restaurant for lunch on their patio and then headed back to the airport to meet Deb. Meanwhile, Deb found a quiet spot to read, followed by many walking laps at the airport. The flight to Buenos Aries was full in all cabins so we had little choice of seats, but we did get an “extra economy” seat which had slightly more leg room.

Of course our hotel room needed to be cancelled as we didn’t arrive in Buenos Aires until 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday. After we cancelled our hotel, Deb booked Rich at the Magnolia Hotel. Once we landed we headed to the Magnolia Hotel to relax before our 4:oo p.m. flight to Ushuaia. And yes we made our flight to Ushuaia! We missed two days in Buenos Aires but we enjoyed our limited time there.

After the above long explanation it is time for some photos from Monday – Tuesday. I will leave the pictures from today (Wednesday) until our next post. It has been a fun day!

**Nice to be relaxing outdoors before our next flight.**

Although we were only at the Magnolia hotel for about 4 hours, we were glad we got to see it. Rich arrived late Monday night, so his stay was also short. The staff were wonderful and we enjoyed a lovely, relaxing breakfast.