12-18-2018 (Tuesday) Fort Lauderdale Florida
12-18-2018 (Tuesday) Fort Lauderdale Florida.
Back to reality; the days of being pampered by a great cabin steward (Sahal), Lido deck server (Ittata), Lido deck speciality chef (Neil) and main dining room servers (Herman & Agust) are over! All went smoothly with debarkation, transfer to the Ft Lauderdale Airport and through check-in at the airport. I did have an open bottle of water that I forgot to empty before going through the TSA checkpoint so they took it. We had about a three hour wait for our flight so Jenny got in some walking. Delta checked our second carry-on to Birmingham for free to lighten the load for the overhead compartments.
On the way home, this side of Birmingham, we had Town Car issues! The petcock to drain the radiator blew out. We were on the Interstate but luckily near an exit where we found an O'Reilly Auto Parts store. They did not have the part we needed, nor did any other in the area; all the radiator repair shops were closed. While trying to figure out what to do, a good samaritan, who was there getting parts for his car, asked about our troubles then he stayed until between him and Dave, they figured out how to get the car fixed and on the road. Actually, Dave was the one who suggested plugging the hole with a freeze plug - it worked! No problems the rest of the way home, although because of the problem we got there a couple of hours later than expected. Kathy Fitzgerald met us and delivered Nikki after we dropped Dave and Deb to their home.
Back to reality; the days of being pampered by a great cabin steward (Sahal), Lido deck server (Ittata), Lido deck speciality chef (Neil) and main dining room servers (Herman & Agust) are over! All went smoothly with debarkation, transfer to the Ft Lauderdale Airport and through check-in at the airport. I did have an open bottle of water that I forgot to empty before going through the TSA checkpoint so they took it. We had about a three hour wait for our flight so Jenny got in some walking. Delta checked our second carry-on to Birmingham for free to lighten the load for the overhead compartments.
On the way home, this side of Birmingham, we had Town Car issues! The petcock to drain the radiator blew out. We were on the Interstate but luckily near an exit where we found an O'Reilly Auto Parts store. They did not have the part we needed, nor did any other in the area; all the radiator repair shops were closed. While trying to figure out what to do, a good samaritan, who was there getting parts for his car, asked about our troubles then he stayed until between him and Dave, they figured out how to get the car fixed and on the road. Actually, Dave was the one who suggested plugging the hole with a freeze plug - it worked! No problems the rest of the way home, although because of the problem we got there a couple of hours later than expected. Kathy Fitzgerald met us and delivered Nikki after we dropped Dave and Deb to their home.
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