Well folks, today's blog is going to be a short one due to most of the day taken up with being in transit between San Francisco and Los Angeles. It was another early start (urgh); up at 6am to get to the airport in time for our flight to LA. We made it with plenty of time thanks to the amazing public transport system in SF - Sydney could learn a lot of lessons about how to run an effective public transport system from SF. The flight to LA was great; only 50 minutes long and half-empty - bliss! Once at the airport we caught the shuttle to our car hire company and picked up our vehicle. But was Chris satisfied with a compact Kia?? Oh no, of course not. When offered an upgrade to a beautiful but impractical convertible Ford Mustang, should Chris have said "no thanks, we'll take the practical and fuel-efficient Kia"? Yes. But did he do that? Noooooo. He turned to me with his eyes shining full of hope and pleading. How could I take away his childhood dream of riding around in a convertible? It would be like stomping on a puppy from the pound, with no tail, and only one eye. So we drove out of there with the Mustang, a couple of hundred dollars poorer but hitting LA's streets in style. I let Chris negotiate the difficulties of driving on the wrong side of the car, on the wrong side of the road, on unfamiliar streets in a strange city. I know, I'm a coward. Besides, I doubt he would have allowed me to interrupt his communion with the vehicle. With any luck, he'll be "communing" the whole time we're here and I won't have to screw my courage to the sticking place and take the wheel myself. Win, win!
We found our hotel and checked in. Woohoo - king size bed! See you in the morning Chris - don't fall into the yawning chasm between us! The rest of the evening we spent scouting out things to do while we're here in LA and lamenting the fact we only have three full days to fit everything in. We found a lovely little Thai place for dinner but oddly enough they brought us fortune cookies after we finished our meal - never had that happen in a Thai restaurant before. Chris's fortune was apt: "Simplicity and clarity should be your theme in dress". Perfect for a man who lives in jandals, shorts and singlets.
Tomorrow: shopping, Venice Beach and Santa Monica.
Vxxx
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