Leaving Boston...

So, I’m sitting here in the Air Canada wing at Boston Logan Airport and just had to write about it. My flight was supposed to leave Boston at 6:25PM, so being the intrepid traveler that I am, I made sure I was at the airport in plenty of time. Actually my afternoon appointments cancelled so I headed to the airport a few hours early, otherwise I would just be scraping by as they loaded the plane, but in this case, I was actually early.

I’ve never been through Boston airport, so I expected it to be like any other – enter, get your ticket, find your gate then explore and find munchies. Not. On one hand the simplicity is wonderfully handy if you are prepared for it, but on the other hand, there could be at least one warning sign saying that there is virtually NOTHING past the security checkpoint going into the “wing” which cannot be more than about 2000 sq ft in total. I have friends with houses bigger than this.

I get to the airport about 3 hours early and I think, “hey, I’ll be able to explore after I find my gate.” I enter the terminal and take 5 steps to the escalator that takes me up to the second floor where ticketing is. The escalator deposits me right at the entrance to the Air Canada ticketing area – talk about convenient! So far I am blown away with the amazingly well laid out airport.
I process my ticket easily and head toward the security area so that I can enter [what I thought was] the international wing to find my gate. Security was a breeze (usually is if you know what you are doing) and I happily collected my things and carried on.

As I leave the security area, I enter what looks like one of those tiny regional airport waiting areas, but it is completely decorated in Air Canada colors, logos, flags… hey wait-a-minute….. Gate 1… Gate 2… Gate 3… that’s it.

No, really… that’s it. I turn the corner to look for more and find… a wall. There is a nice young lady standing by a till against the east wall beside a row of 2 beverage coolers with a fine selection of water, soda, fruit and either decaf or regular coffee. Period. There is a washroom (singular) and about 200 seats, which is a good thing because all 4 (yes 4) flights expected tonight are delayed and the place is wall to wall full of people.

So four and a half hours later, I am working on my 3rd coffee, 2nd muffin and have exhausted my walking options. Good time to sit and catch up on my blog.

If you do have to travel through Boston Logan Air Port heading back to Canada, don’t expect to explore the “Air Canada” wing for very long – 5 minutes should do it for you. If I had known, I would have stayed and explored downtown Boston for another 3 hours. That’s a whole other blog.