Bob and I arrived early into San Francisco from Redding yesterday afternoon. Bob had made us reservations at the Grand Hyatt at the airport, so after picking up our luggage (first bags off!), we headed to the AirTran station to catch the airport red line to the hotel. Very easy peasy. The most surprising thing was the brisk (65 degree) weather after the heat of Redding.
The hotel was great with a lovely restaurant, market, and an awesome fitness room. We didn’t eat at the restaurant, but we did get food from the market for dinner and breakfast and were pleasantly surprised by the reasonableness of the prices.
Bob and I started the day with a workout in the fitness center before working in the room, packing, and heading to the international terminal via Air Tran (blue line this time). We had been reading about the staff shortage at this airport and the problems it has been causing. We saw a bit of this firsthand with a long wait to check-in (bag drop, really) and then a chaotic TSA security experience. However, it’ll all be fine, as long as the plane leaves on schedule and takes us to London.
It looks like the UK will be greeting us with brisk springlike temps (highs in 60s), rain for the upcoming week, and a possible train strike for good measure. We’ll keep you posted. I’m just wishing I had some of our Canadian home owner’s ability to sleep anywhere. If I sleep for an hour or two that will be more than my last few overseas jaunts.
Peckish Travels 