Dublin to New York

There are so many flights between Dublin and the USA that they have a dedicated set of gates at Terminal 2 with a US Customs and Border Protection preclearance facility. It was quite a process to get to our gate, which for us was the wrong one. We queued up to board a flight to the same destination at the same exact time, but a different carrier. We had to quickstep up a flight of stairs. The boarding pass had a generic reference to the terminal, not the gate number, but still poor form on our behalf.

We left the United Airlines flight looking like it had hosted a kids birthday party. With passports at the ready, we entered the terminal at Newark to be pleasantly surprised that we were in. The pre check in Dublin was the check.

Newark is a nice airport. It's been in the news recently at they are short staffed, causing flight delays. We're hoping this doesn't impact us on the way out 

After a bus trip we were in Manhattan and checking in to an overpriced hotel. It's very basic too, ranking near the bottom of the list for our trip, but virtually in Times Square. We met a New Yorker in Scotland and talked about what makes it so different and she said it had it's own special energy. As you wander around I think you can feel it.

The unmistakable Manhattan skyline  in the background as we flew in. 

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