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12 hours in Minneapolis

a travel blog by John Koen

Went to Minneapolis for a union meeting for negotiating orchestras. I had to get back for a rehearsal. This one shows the routing.

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Saratoga Springs, United States

Drove from Saratoga to Albany airport. traffic not too bad, about 30 minutes. Easy to find.

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1st flight

Albany, United States

US Air wanted to put me on a non-stop to Charlotte, but then I wouldn't be upgraded to first class. I stayed with my original itinerary. By the way, I still don't have the miles credited for the first leg.

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Philadelphia, United States



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Charlotte, United States



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arrival

Minneapolis, United States

got in around 4 p.m. Took the train (like subway, but above ground and slow) to downtown. Walked about 7 blocks to the hotel. Pleasant downtown with lots of restaurants, none of which I had time to enter. Ate in the hotel; very pretentious waiter (probably the hotels fault). Fake accent and all.

Meeting at 7 p.m. was mostly interesting (some people need to stop talking so much...) Hung out a little afterwards (around 10:30). Went to bed around 11:30 (Central Time, so feels 1 hr. later than the clock shows).

Next morning up at 3:45 to get in the taxi at 4.

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waiting in the plane

Philadelphia, United States

This was the worst (the only bad, really) part of the trip. On the plane; boarding was a little late (scheduled departure around 5:20 a.m. Sat on the plane until about 6, then the pilot said that they were waiting for some paperwork. We waited another 45 minutes or so. Turns out the computer was on the fritz and the paperwork had to be faxed to Minneapolis airport, but we weren't at a regular US Airways gate and the faxes had to be hand-carried from a different part of the airport to our gate (!). It became obvious I would almost certainly miss my connection in Philadelphia. Also, this one was a regional jet; no first class. I just wanted to sleep anyway.

We also waited a little on the ground in Philadelphia and they kept changing our gate, finally got out somewhere in Terminal B and power-walked to the bus connection to the crappy terminal F (US Air regional-type flights). Caught the bus (barely) so didn't have to wait, and of course the gate was closed already for my flight to Albany. Missed by about 2 minutes.

Sat around in the terminal, had a really bad cappuccino and some kind of food (not as bad as the coffee).

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Albany, United States



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rehearsal

Saratoga Springs, United States

Only 45 minutes late for rehearsal. Penderecki Sextet for Clarinet, Horn, Violin, Viola, Cello & Piano. Difficult.

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