We got to Melbourne airport in plenty of time to catch our international connection to Sydney, however, the lines were extremely long (as expected I suppose for being a Monday and also the fact it was the start of school holidays). We got to the flight with about 20 mins to spare. At this point we were all still relaxed although Rhiannon had already commented about the fact she expected our holiday would consist of a lot of waiting in lines and I think she is right. The Melbourne to Sydney flight was 15 mins late in leaving but seemed to land not too late. The transfer at Sydney airport was slow and lines through customs were long all causing us to nearly miss the flight and to have no time to claim the GST ($100.00) paid on the camera. This is the only time that you can claim it. Oh and Sue was 'randomly selected for drug screening'.
The seats we thought we had booked were not the ones were allocated but it didn't really matter and the 13 hour flight to San Francisco was uneventful.
We arrived at San Francisco and guess what the kids suitcase went to Los Angeles. With the $100.00 compensation from QANTAS(pay back for not having time to collect the GST before flying out of Australia) we went shopping.
At first we were all a little confused by the traffic and looking the wrong way when crossing the road but it is getting better after a few hours out. Also I think we were all a little taken aback by the homeless people begging on the streets.
All in bed early ready to catch up on sleep we have missed on the flight. Look forward to tomorrow's tour of San Francisco including Alcatraz.
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Hi Happy to hear you have arrived. Sorry to hear about your luggage hope u get it back soon or shoppung is always nice? Just wanted to Hi and talk soon
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