Iteris

As well as being my first post on my new Netbook, this is in fact my first post from San Francisco. We have arrived and it’s been a pretty long day.

it started at five in an attempt to beat the London traffic and get to the Airport on time. It was good that the three of us finally all met up, starting the trip we had casually suggested so many months ago. I believe I knew that the trip had started when I knocked over an entire display of products in boots. I stood in shocked horror as i watched it teeter and rain down lilac coloured boxes of who knows what. It did occur to me that I could turn away and pretend it hadn’t been me. My body was ready to jump into action, unfortunately my brain was still reeling at all the boxes falling around me.

Other than some rather rough turbulence, the flight was uneventful and long, though seemingly shortened somewhat by the large selection of films available. However, after the flight there were some developments which would have been nice had they not occurred, but doubtless will be things that stand out in our memories. After collecting our luggage we went to retrieve Jimmy’s bike which, as it turned out, had been broken during the flight. After several discussions with people who clearly didn’t know what was going on, we were finally put on the right track and told to go upstairs. We said thanks and went off in the direction they’d pointed us in, this meant we had to get past customs, a much harder task than you’d expect. My view of the lady customs officer is perhaps somewhat colored by her exicrible treatment of us, not to metnion pointing out that if we had stepped across thel ine in other countries they would have tasered us. She was the stereotypical customs officer, obviously a stanch advocate of the crispy cream diet and quite aware that she could make us unpack all our bags if we displeased her. While this was going on of course I was attempting to get through to my parents with the SIM that I purchased the Sim4travel. None of then umbers I’ve tried are allowed and the card is active so it is yet something else to sort out.

However at the end of the day we are in San Francisco and willing to give it a good try in the morning. The weather is nice and the hotel room looks great when you switch the lights off. I would continue but I am very tired and written down most of the important points