Originally we were supposed to fly to Denver and connect to a flight that would get us to Portland at around 11 PM PDT. Because the Philly flight was late, almost immediately we were told that we'd have to stay in a Denver hotel (on Frontier airline's dime) and catch the first flight to Portland in the morning.
So we hung out in Philly as you can see, and enjoyed the art and the cool lighting designs (there's also a really, really cool bird sculpture--if you can stomach looking at the birds. I didn't take a pic, but found one here).Our flight did end up leaving till 10:30, getting us to Denver at about 12:30 AM MT (or 2:30 eastern) and after getting a voucher for our hotel and catching a shuttle, we did not get to our room till about 2 am.
Then we found out that in order to get back to the airport we'd have to take a 4:30 am shuttle or pay for a cab. Based on principle alone, we chose to take the shuttle, rather than shell out $50 for a mistake that had nothing to do with us (except perhaps our choosing Frontier airlines in the first place). For the record, our brief sleep in the Denver hotel (1.5 hours) was delightful. Lovely duvets. But our time there was too short. Our early AM shuttle ride did however afford us this excellent view of the sunrise and very cool Denver airport:
Denver and Philly's newish terminal A should both be commended for their excellent designs. There were just a tone of design elements in both that made being delayed/trapped a bit more bearable.
And we had a $27 breakfast on the airline in an "outdoor" Mexican cafe deep inside the airport.
An inauspicious start to our trip perhaps, but not really that big of a deal. Meanwhile, we're both going to upload our pictures as much as we can on Flickr, so check them out too:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/conchettaonthemove/
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