Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Flying, Hotel and Dinner

Original flight tickets
CLT to Memphis -> Memphis to San Antonio
 It was my first big trip by myself.  Mom was nice enough to drop me off at the airport and I had to miss my dance class because of my flight time.  I got to the airport at 10am for a 12:15pm flight.  Better safe than sorry right?
I started to check in and got my bag checked for the plan and my problems only started there.  The check in kiosk I was using wouldn't print out my boarding passes even though I went through it 3 times.  Finally had my boarding passes and went through security, which was quick and easy thank the Lord.  I found my terminal and hung out there.  I had booked my tickets through Orbitz and they would email me to let me know that my flight was on-time or late.
My tickets after being changed
CLT to ATL -> ATL to San Antonio
My first notice for my flight: on-time.  Next was a 15 minute delay and then the flight that was going to Atlanta had moved over into my terminal and my flight was going to be an hour late.  My first flight was heading to Memphis, TN.  So I went to the terminal where the Atlanta flight was suppose to be and asked if there was a way to change my flights because my flight to Memphis was going to overlap with my flight from Memphis to San Antonio, I'd be landing in Memphis the same time I was suppose to take off for San Antonio. Which was kind of funny because one of the passengers that came over to my terminal(original to Memphis) going to Atlanta had an SOF WODs shirt on, maybe he had just gotten done with the Phase III over there.  Luckily the lady working the counter got me in the last seat to Atlanta on the next flight going out and then rearranged my flight for San Antonio.  So instead of getting in at 3:51pm I got into San Antonio at 4:45pm


I love flying.  I think mostly for the take off.  I had window seats on both flights going in, and looking out the window right before taking off for Atlanta a lot of emotions hit me - hope, joy/happiness, excitement, nervousness - the list goes on and on.  I knew that there was a chance of seeing guys in the military since Lackland Air Force base was close by.  Sure enough on my flight into San Antonio there was one guy I noticed getting on my flight that was in the Army.  He ended up being seated in the same row as me on the flight.  I asked him where he was headed, Camp Bullis was his reply.  It is about and hour away from Lackland AFB.  I wished him luck when we landed and went to get my bags.  After getting my bags I went to Airport Shuttle to get a ride to my resort, way cheaper than taking a cab.
Below is the info for Airport Shuttle if you're ever in San Antonio and need a ride to your place from the airport($19.25 one way trip)
Airport Shuttle: (210)281-9900


There are two resorts through Wyndham (our timeshare) in San Antonio.  Wyndham Riverside Suites which is right in the busy part of the Riverwalk, and Wyndham La Cascada which is on the Riverwalk but not in the busy section.  My place(Wyndham La Cascada) was gorgeous as always.  It had a Texas feel to it, in my opinion.  When I first got there my agenda was to unpack and then get food for dinner since I had only packed snacks for the plane.  Hippo Grocery & Deli was right around the corner but ran a little high price wise, I grab some essentials, ate a little dinner and then headed into downtown to a Walgreens so see if I could find some more stuff that would be better for dinner.  After eating I decided to walk down to Riverwalk, since it can practically take you anyway where you want to go.  I got to the main drag of the restaurants but didn't walk all the way through.  On the other side furthest from me were more restaurants and clubs.  I didn't go out the first night because even being and hour behind my normal time zone can take a toll on you.  So I spent the night relaxing by watching some tv and reading.
Should have used this
Big cozy bed
Living room



View from the balcony


Kitchen and dining area

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