Day 62 long flight to good ole USA…..

 62 took my time to pack up (again) in the EasyHotel, then went out for brekkie, a tasty smoked salmon roll, and coffee, and then went back to check out. Walked into the station, finally discovering the quickest route there after 4 days! Bought my six franc 60 ticket to the airport and was there in plenty of time to check in and relax in the departure lounge. Flight LX038 took off on time at 1305 hrs. Although long, 11 and a half hours, this was actually a nice flight. I got a good seat right in front of the bulkhead, with plenty of leg room, and was always served first for meals and snacks. And a window seat. And my neighbour along side me was a Swiss lady, maybe thirtyish, who was very quiet until we were approaching SF. She was very tall and didn’t know quite what to do with her legs, and read fashion mags the whole trip while she wasn’t dozing. She was also going on vacation. 

I looked for a free shuttle after effortlessly getting through immigration and baggage claim, but there didn’t seem to be one for the Regency Inn. So I caught a cab even though it was just a few blocks away. I asked information if I could walk there but I couldn’t, it was not allowed to walk out of the airport. Interesting. This is a very comfortable motel type place, huge room, huge bed, and lots of storage so that I could have a good unpack and sort out. I’d eaten well on the flight so I didn’t feel too hungry, so when I went out for a wander around San Bruno, I didn’t need to find a restaurant, just bought a few items in a mini market and took them back to my room. San Mateo Avenue had at least 4 martial arts places, and I watched some young guys throwing each other around. Good to be back in America. Didn’t sleep that good, fits and starts, but down for a very generous self help brekkie this morning, day 63, and the weather’s nice. watched a bit of TV news at brekkie, all local news about traffic and a few local tragedies, fires etc. 

wondering if I will make it in to the Americas cup today…I hope so. Will be checking out soon and going by BART to the city. Then I will go to Sweden House Hotel and try to check in my bags before I head to the race. OK better get going….. 

Oh…and good on Putin for his diplomatic efforts to try to avert military intervention in Syria…there’s hope yet over this….