[nagdu] Guide dogs and new routes.

[Brandon A. Olivares]

Thanks for this information. I’m very interested in traveling once I get my guide dog, so it’s nice to know you were able to do this. Did you find it much easier to travel with a guide dog than with a cane?

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Brandon

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On Aug 27, 2014, at 4:30 AM, Ed Meskys via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> In 1990 I travelled alone from my home in NH, USA, to a convention in den Haag, Nederland. Then the local bus stop was only400 m from my home (now it is 1.5 km), so I walked it. The bus takes 2.5 hours to travel the 80 km to Logan, airport, in Boston, MA. The bus driver let me off in front of the correct building, and I asked passerbys to the proper checkin desk, to security, and the proper gate. When we arrived in Amsterdam, I followed the crowd to baggage claim and customs. At customs I got directions to the railroad station, which (fortunately) was in the basement of the International Arrivals Building. While I do not speak Dutch, enough passerbys spoke English to help me buy a ticket and find the correct train to den Haag. I knew in advancce which tram I had to take, and asked directions to where by the railroad station I could find it. I asked the tram driver to let me off at the right stop, but he forgot and I had to walk back two blocks. Fortunately there were enough passerbys to help me find the right house number. I was to share a room in a pension with my wife and a friend, but they were not to arrive until the next day. Because of jet lag, I slept much and had some snacks in my luggage. The Pension included breakfast next morning. After my companions arrived (also not speaking Dutch) we went out to buy food. Next morning the convention started, and we travelled together each morning to the convention center, and to the pension each evening. When the convention ended my companions had to leave early in the morning to catch their . They had to change planes in London, and I flew direct, so we arrived together in Boston, and travelled home together.
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> I was only able to do this because the Dutch people were very friendly and helpful, and at least a third spoke English.
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> I fly alone here in the US at least once a year to the NFB convention, in different cities, and do get by by asking frequent questions.
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> Ed Meskys
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