They got us into the plane on time. As my luck would have it I got the middle seat. Looks like whenever we get cheap tickets, say through orbix or something like that, we always get the worst possible seat allocation.
The plane landed on time. So far so good. But it took for ever to get my baggage. Just when I beginning to fear that my baggage was lost, there it was. I went to the Avis rental counter and everything went off well till, that is, I turned on the ignition. No gas! Went back to the counter to get another car. The girl at the counter actually apologized for this mix-up. This was a novel experience. Although rental car mixups happen more often than not, people apologizing for their mess-ups is rare indeed.
Then I started on the drive to the key pickup place. I discovered that this was right in the middle of downtown. This meant that there was no parking. So I went round and round trying to find parking. I kept thinking why are they asking people to pickup keys from locations where they can't park? I finally found public parking at $5. I thought it was outrageous that I had to pay so much for parking. Remember I was used to free parking in the Bay Area!
When I got to the apartment complex, it was a pleasant suprise to see a nicely furnished apartment with a reasonably well equipped kitchen. For someone who was going to live off TV dinners, this was more than adequate.
But it looks like Parking is going to be a big deal all in all.
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