{"id":3323,"date":"2008-11-13T13:57:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-13T13:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/11\/boston-providence-and-manchester\/"},"modified":"2008-11-13T13:57:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-13T13:57:00","slug":"boston-providence-and-manchester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/11\/boston-providence-and-manchester.html","title":{"rendered":"Boston, Providence and Manchester"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>I\u2019m not sure whether my case is common or rare among those attending the Society of Biblical Literature conference in Boston this year, but I made my booking well in advance, not having the confidence to wait and hope for better prices. My flight is into Providence airport, about an hour from Boston, and my return flight is out of Manchester, about an hour from Boston.<\/p>\n<p>I think there are probably at least several others who found cheaper flights or more convenient times via these airports, and are now beginning to wonder (perhaps even panic slightly) about ground transportation. I\u2019ve made some inquiries and transportation isn\u2019t hard to arrange, but obviously it will be advantageous to share a shuttle when possible.<\/p>\n<p>I invite anyone using one of these airports as their route to this year\u2019s SBL conference to leave a comment and begin the process of connecting with others in a similar situation!<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-7308049886769336976?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m not sure whether my case is common or rare among those attending the Society of Biblical Literature conference in Boston this year, but I made my booking well in advance, not having the confidence to wait and hope for better prices. 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