This trip may appear similar to other trips that H and I have done in the past together. But this trip came with a twist. It wasn't a relaxing holiday for the two us, it was a gift for his mom. His mom had never flown and had certainly never been to the US before. At first she flat out refused to go, I think the flying thing was the hang up, but when we agreed to bring along H's sister as moral support then the trip went ahead.
The plan was to do a nice sampler of American nature, culture and sites. We'd start off on Cape Cod, move on to Niagara Falls and end in New York City before heading back to Prague via JFK airport.
At Prague airport our travel mates were visibly nervous but they took it all in stride and after take off loosened up and relaxed. I'd never flown with someone who had never flown. I'd forgotten how nerve wreaking of a concept it could be. I love flying and fear has never been a factor.
At JFK, the Czechs got a full-on dose of American hospitality when the guys sitting next to us on the sky-train started giving us advice on rental cars because they all happen to work for a rental car company. They even offered to try to get us a deal. The deal didn't work out and we went with the original company we'd reserved with but they effort to help out strangers was appreciated by me and a little dumbfounding for the newbies to American ways.
We hopped in our rental car, sped out onto the highway and head north to the Cape...
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