Welcome to another adventure of Eichrodts' travels.
A few months ago LouAnna Engle Eichrodt talked about going away for our 5th wedding anniversary. She searched for great deals. We settled on Puerto Rico.
We scored some great tickets through Spirit airways, less than $200 round trip each. I guess they are famous for their bare fares. They charge you for everything though. Drinks, snacks, checked baggage and carry on all were an additional fee.
Rachel drove us to the airport, we got the winter advisory message. Our flight was delayed an hour due to a plane swap at the previous stop. We finally boarded the plane at 6:47pm. Onward to Orlando!
Our experience in Orlando wasn’t a good one. First off back to Spirit, I swear their seats have no padding in them. So two and a half hours in an uncomfortable chair, luckily we had each other on the first leg of the journey. As the passengers started to depart from the plane, we both experienced something weird. Passengers from behind us skipped out on waiting for their row to get up. Orlando international airport is laid out kind of weird. They have different terminals and gates in different locations. We are pretty spoiled with how our airport is laid out. We flew into gate 12 or so and proceeded with the hoard of people to a common area. I checked the board for our connecting flight, the details didn’t match what was on our tickets. So we talked with someone at the information desk. Turns out we had to get on a tram and go to another terminal. The lady we spoke to wasn’t completely clear on the directions. We wound up riding the same tram multiple times before one of us pulled out our phone and found a map of the airport. Finally, we found the right gate!
For our next leg of the adventure started just after 11pm. We were separated by a few rows, LouAnna’s row was completely filled, I had a row to myself. We both tried to get some sleep, but we just can’t sleep on a plane. After a 2 1/2 hour flight we made it to San Juan, Puerto Rico! We both decided that we are going to bite the bullet and rent a car for the week. It was a good thing as a cab ride to where we are staying would have been $100 before tip.
Traveling in Puerto Rico is about the same as in the US, with minor exceptions, EVERYONE here has really bright headlights. LouAnna drove the 50 minutes from the airport to Fajardo. It would have been less time but I made us take several wrong turns.
So after 21 hours of our adventure, it was finally time to get some much-needed rest. We both woke up the morning well after 12pm. Puerto Rico is an hour ahead of Eastern time. I woke up and opened the patio door to see our view for the week.
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