I left Rio for New York's JFK, and got through customs fast enough that I thought I could probably catch an earlier Boltbus from Penn Station to Philadelphia's 30th Street station than the one I'd booked, ut I ended up spending quite a while helping a Brazilian woman with limited English skills figure out how to use the AirTrain and New York subway. I spoke to her (and an MTA janitor) in Spanish, and managed to get her headed in the right direction and with the right Metrocard, just in time to catch the LIRR to Penn Station from Jamaica Station, except the doors on the train were closed a couple of minutes early, even though the train was just sitting there. So, I was a few minutes too late for the earlier bus. No matter,
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