Days Twenty Nine and Thirty

Put both these days together as to us they were one long day.

Got up and went out for breakfast at Lori's Diner. Came back to the hotel and finished our packing. Made sure everything was zipped away. Headed down to the hotel lobby at 12pm and printed our boarding passes. Hung around the lobby for an hour as flight wasn't until 4.55pm. Then at 1pm we took the hotel's town car to the airport. Arrived, checked our baggage then went through security. Got chatting to a man whilst waiting airside. He was going to be on our flight. He appeared to be a musician going to London, as he had an agent who came and spoke to him. Had long discussion with him about our trip. He was quite interested. Saw him later as we boarded in one of the upmarket seating areas.

Plane was delayed by an hour due to being late arriving, and then some technical detail, apparently they were waiting for confirmation of the plane's weight and their calculations for take off whilst we sat at the end of the runway. Presumed that was quite important. Eventually took off, and circled over the top of the bay giving our side of the plane a great view of the Golden Gate bridge and Alcatraz. Everybody else on our flight seemed to know each other which was quite odd. Think they were all Argentinian

Didn't manage to sleep on flight, but did watch two movies and some other stuff. Landed at what to us was 3.30am, but was now in fact 11.30am BST. Got rail-air coach to Reading station and waited. Got on train at 3.30pm, arriving back at Totnes at 6.15pm. Got home at roughly 6.45pm. Sat down. Put TV on, amazed to find Escape from Alcatraz was on. Pointed at screen alot going saw that, been there. Then made the best ever meal, mashed potato. Was delicious.

Writing this at 11pm BST, which means I have now been up for the last 30 hours. Feeling very tired now. Apologise for any mistakes in typing. Will write a final blog tomorrow to sum up the trip. Goodnight!