Today, I had the opportunity to travel to Adelaide to spend a few days at the client. I had a 7:10am flight, but I wasn't sure exactly how long it took to get to the airport, or how early I needed to be there. So, I got up early (5:00) and had a taxi pick me up at 5:30. I got to the airport at 6:00 and was literally at the gate at 6:05. It's amazing how little security there is for domestic flights here. I never once even had to show my ID! Here's what I went through when I got to the airport:
Walk to check in machine (10 seconds)
Stick credit card in slot (2 seconds)
Confirm flight, choose seat, and print boarding pass (1 minute)
Walk to security area (20 seconds)
Take laptop out of bag, change out of pockets, bags on conveyor belt, and walk through metal detector (40 seconds)
Put laptop back in bag and pick up bags (20 seconds)
Walk to gate (1 minute)
At this point in the states I wouldn't even have made it past the check in machine. Next time I come I'm bringing the full bottle of shampoo, all 16 ounces...because I CAN.
Luckily, I was able to kill the next hour before my flight in the Qantas Lounge (one of the benefits of working at Bain Australia is they buy you access to the Qantas Lounge) where they served breakfast and coffee and had a nice waiting area to sit.
Adelaide is a funny city. It's known as the "20 minute city" because you can literally walk from one end to the other in 20 minutes. Also, it's very squat. The tallest building has like 10 floors. It's good for us short people. I feel quite tall. Possibly the weirdest thing about this city is that there is a time difference from Sydney...of 30 minutes. The jet lag really sucks. Seriously though, 30 minutes? Why even bother? Personally I think it gets light out too early here - it really should be more like 15 minutes behind Sydney.
I know that Adelaide is a third-tier city because of my hotel room. For $200 a night, I am living in the most baller hotel room I've ever seen. It's a 2 bedroom apartment - literally, it has a full kitchen, living room, 2 bedrooms, and 2 baths, a bar, washer dryer, and 30 foot ceilings. Next time I come I will bring a camera to take pictures - it's amazing. And, there's a van parked across the street that sells meat pies late into the night.
Ok, enough posting - between Denise's entry and mine, you can thank us for at least 10 minutes of good time killing at work.
Oh, and way to go Sox!
2 comments:
How did you guys know I waste 10 minutes of my day on this every day?? Dave, the real question for you is, I know the new hotel sounds nice, but it can't be better than the Sheraton Eatontown? Or the Sheraton Edison! Keep posting guys...it makes my day!
Next time you travel, I think you should tell Bain you have to take your sister... and that they need to pay for her... seriously. Oh hey... I have a question... Do they celebrate Halloween in OZ?
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