So it begins.
Getting up at 4:30 in the morning is one of my least favorite activities. I guess I should be happy that for this one last day I was even aware of what time of day it was. That my internal clock and the one at the bedside table were actually aligned.
Tony dropped me off in plenty of time and it’s a good thing because after I checked my bag I realized that I had left my sweater in the van. He wasn’t tooooo far away and was willing to come back and bring it to me. So first problem occurred … and solved. I am sure there will be more problems.
What wasn’t a problem was my Virgin Atlantic flight. A pleasure – Facebook access for free, open a tab for food and a movie. Empty middle seat between myself and another nice lady. All good.
Then the next small snag – Steve’s leg problems will keep him from bicycling today. We already knew the weather might stop us anyway. So it’s okay – he’s coming down anyway and we’ll just maybe hang out at the beach, get something to eat. It’s only 10:15a, my flight was early. But it works out so I can recharge the laptop and then we will kill some time and then I’ll head back over to LAX to wait for my flight to Sydney at 8p. I knew this would be a day of waiting – but I’d still rather have a comfortable, non-stop flight and a longer wait than a more difficult flight with less layover. And this flight was a bargain, to boot!
It turns out that we had a museum day instead of a bicycle day. It was lovely. The new Getty museum is fantastic. Then we had a meal at this place called Café Brasil – yes, Brazilian food. Something about the owner was murdered by her husband – who is now serving a prison sentence for the crime. Not sure who is running the restaurant now, but it was very good. We both had Snapper. Then we went to this zany museum called the Museum of Jurassic Technology. It can’t even be described. I can tell you this, though - the blog is about to be renamed "In honor of the Lower Jurassic".
So I'm back at LAX awaiting my flight to Sydney.
Tony dropped me off in plenty of time and it’s a good thing because after I checked my bag I realized that I had left my sweater in the van. He wasn’t tooooo far away and was willing to come back and bring it to me. So first problem occurred … and solved. I am sure there will be more problems.
What wasn’t a problem was my Virgin Atlantic flight. A pleasure – Facebook access for free, open a tab for food and a movie. Empty middle seat between myself and another nice lady. All good.
Then the next small snag – Steve’s leg problems will keep him from bicycling today. We already knew the weather might stop us anyway. So it’s okay – he’s coming down anyway and we’ll just maybe hang out at the beach, get something to eat. It’s only 10:15a, my flight was early. But it works out so I can recharge the laptop and then we will kill some time and then I’ll head back over to LAX to wait for my flight to Sydney at 8p. I knew this would be a day of waiting – but I’d still rather have a comfortable, non-stop flight and a longer wait than a more difficult flight with less layover. And this flight was a bargain, to boot!
It turns out that we had a museum day instead of a bicycle day. It was lovely. The new Getty museum is fantastic. Then we had a meal at this place called Café Brasil – yes, Brazilian food. Something about the owner was murdered by her husband – who is now serving a prison sentence for the crime. Not sure who is running the restaurant now, but it was very good. We both had Snapper. Then we went to this zany museum called the Museum of Jurassic Technology. It can’t even be described. I can tell you this, though - the blog is about to be renamed "In honor of the Lower Jurassic".
So I'm back at LAX awaiting my flight to Sydney.
