Day 34 1/8 Waiting, Waiting, Waiting in Boston Airport

We were leaving Boston today and flying to Buffalo where we had organised to pick up a car and drive a short distance into Canada to Niagara on the Lake. As we needed to be out of our accommodation by 10am, we arrived at the airport quite early for our 2pm flight. All went smoothly although our plane was delayed by 10 minutes. We were all boarded, seatbelts done up etc. when the captain came on to tell us there appeared to be a serious problem with the plane that needed to be fixed. We had to all get off and were told we would be updated. Two hours passed and we were still waiting with Rob sending messages to our next Airbnb host to let her know we were not sure when we’d make it to Niagara on the Lake. While waiting, Delta air were having all sorts of problems with planes that were due to be arriving from New York. Apparently there were severe thunderstorms there and so the planes were not allowed to take off. People in Boston were waiting for flights to other places on planes that had not arrived from New York. It is getting very crowded with flights being delayed all over the place. We have been offered snacks and have just been told that we need a new (replacement) plane! A new plane will be available at 7.45pm….we hope. I’ll update later if this doesn’t happen.

We made it! Our plane arrived in Buffalo around 9.15pm. We picked up our luggage and then went to collect our car. That all went reasonably well although we chose a Jeep and it is a little tight when all of the luggage is in the back. So we took off. Rob was driving on the right hand side of the road, in a left hand drive car, at night for the first time in his life and I was navigating. All went well as the roads were reasonably quiet due to the time of day. Unfortunately when hit the border, the wait to get through the line was long and we spent at least 30 minutes there. Once through we drove on to our stunning Airbnb in Niagara on the Lake. Our host, Angela had waited up to greet us(around 11.45pm) and help us settle in. She lives in the basement and has her own facilities except for the kitchen. We have the rest of the house to ourselves. It is something like you would find in a “Home Beautiful” magazine. Just stunning.