Monday, June 02, 2008 5:18 PM
So Sunday was “Day 0” for me here at Tech Ed. I figured it would go like this:
- Fly in to Orlando
- Check into my hotel
- Spend the night fixing my Server 2008
- Sleep
What happened:
- Flew in to Orlando
- Checked into my hotel
- Spent the night partying with INETA peeps
- Worked on my machine
- Fell asleep at 1:30ish
The flight in was great. Winnipeg to Minneapolis and then to Orlando. Great Northwest Airlines experience. Getting to Orlando, I had purchased a Mears shuttle pass ahead of time to avoid the taxi hit. It was a bit inconvenient (you had a 30 minute wait time, along with a LOT of other people…all who had to wait outside in the humidity), but $30 for return fare is cheaper than the 30 – 40 one way via taxi.
Ramada Convention Center I Drive (on Jamaican Court) is a good conference hotel for budget travellers. The room is clean enough (I’m not really that picky…water stains on the ceiling, carpet kind of dirty, but washroom and bed are clean), and its within walking distance of everything pretty much. Unfortunately their *free* wi-fi signal doesn’t reach my room (LAME), so I won’t be coming back to it again just on that point. I’ll be here at the convention center or out with the gang for 90% of the time anyway, so no biggie.
Ok, so that's the travel piece...gonna blog Part 2 later to tell the story of my nightlife story...and an update from tonight's Party with Palermo.
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