On board Amistad

July 28th, 2008

I’m on board Amistad, Finally. I write this from the “Just Us” coffeeshop, on Barrington street in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Getting here was a bit of a trick; bad weather throughout the northeast forced cancellations of many mny flights on July 24th (including mine, unfortunately). So I sat in Washington National airport for seven hours on Thursday, then returned to my sister’s house with my tail between my legs. Friday morning I set out again, an thi time made it smoothly to Boston, where I sat for another 9 hours before catching my flight to Halifax. Airport are not my favorite place, but it all worked out in the end. The transition from my awesome house in DC to the fo’c’sle of the Amistad is a big one, especially as my mattress is apparently always damp. However, the boat secured a hotel room at the Marriot for us to shower and zone out in, and the Maritime Museum is cool with letting us use the shore heads. So life is pretty good. More soon. For those of you wanting to visit when we’re in DC, that looks set to happen between september 23 and 29. check the calendar at Amistadamerica.org.  

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