The Good: We left the NJ hotel at 7:45 to allow for traffic into Manhattan for our scheduled 9:30 3-hour guided tour. Call it serendipity or whatever but we arrived in the Big Apple with one hour to spare so I set the group free in Times Square for 45 minutes. The were so thrilled at this bonus excursion that I think nothing for the rest of the day could mar their spirits. The guided tour was even more excellent and when I played my cd of Ella and Louis singing "Autumn in NY" and Billy Joel's "NY State of Mind" on the way out of the city up Madison Ave., they would have been happy even if I took them back to the airport at that moment.The Bad: One of the gentlemen lost his dental bridge down the drain. He's cute without that tooth.
The Other Bad: At breakfast in the NJ hotel one of the men told me that his wife left her "blood-thinning" meds home and had enough for one more day and so the possibility of her having a heart attack or stroke was an issue. He called her doctor, he said they may need to see a doctor here to get a prescription. My solution was...forget that noise, I don't feature finding a doctor and then telling 49 other people that we need to go to doctor and then a pharmacy so how about you call your son in the UK and have him FedEx her meds to the Vermont Hotel. They were thrilled with that solution and the meds will be here tomorrow. I also bought her an entire bottle of aspirin and told her to take all of them immediately upon the onset of a stroke or heart attack! LOL
The Ugly: see picture on right side.....
The Scary: was trying to find the Stratton Mountain Inn in the dark on winding hilly roads with minimal signage (Vermont allows no billboards or advertising signs so there are no landmarks other than red barns and trees), and do it in time to be able to get 51 hungry people to dinner at the restaurant that closes at 9:00. Got there about 7:45. Wheww!
Tomorrow we leave a 8:30 to go to the Vermont Country Store http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/Shop, Woodstock, Quechee Gorge, Hogback Mountain http://www.flickr.com/photos/62463008@N00/2699507535/and whatever else we see when we see it.
As for tonight...I am one happy TD!
a.jpg)
6 comments:
Holy crap, you have to solve all KINDS of problems for these people! Lucky for them they have you!
Wow !!! Excellent 2nd day - you've already had a medical crisis !!! Hope that lady makes it through the week so you won't have to put all that training to use on the first tour ...
Sounds like fun ....enjoy !
You were made to do this job!!! OMG. are they all having fun??? what about you? Do you want to punch them in the face when they talk in the weird accent?
I have a question, before we go wild and crazy with comments. Do you plan to advertise this blog to your peepers?
You are doing an awesome job! At our program this summer, we had a guy have a heartattack the first day, but he made it back to class for the next session, so I'm sure you will do just fine!
Is guiding tourist through Manhattan harder or easier than guiding twin toddlers through a grocery store?
BOLLOCKS
Amy, there must be no comments on my blog that can be misinterpreted by anyone who may chance to read it. It is a public blog. Any such comments will and have been removed. While I certainly may know and appreciate that they may only be in jest, I don't want to offend anyone. Please everyone, be mindful of that. Thanks!
Post a Comment