Tuesday, September 10, 2024

2024 Crossroads of the Adriatic - Day #1 - to Dubrovnik, Croatia

Day 1 Depart U.S.
Fly overnight from the U.S. to Dubrovnik, Croatia.


Sharon and I are off wandering the world again. Following in Wallen's footsteps, we are connecting with Holly and Van on Friday for the Overseas Adventure Travel Crossroads of the Adriatic land tour. Over the next twenty days, we will be exploring Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and Slovenia.

After some debate, we decide to take a ahuttle to the San Francisco Airport. Partly on Holly's advice, we used El Dorado Express. With some confusion about the gate code, the shuffle was about ten minutes late. Pulling up about 9:40 am, we were on the road at 9:45 am. It took just about two hours to get to the airport.

I was shocked at how quickly we checked our luggage and got boarding passes; there was literally no line. Using Clear and TSA pre, we breezed through security.

We had a leisurely lunch at Mustards in the G Concourse. I had a smoked chicken chopped salad, while Sharon had a lamb burger.

The flight broaded about 30 minutes late. With a six hour layover in Frankfurt, I couldn't care less about how long the flight is late leaving. I just don't want it to be cancelled.

Sharon and I have premium economy seats 21K and 21H. It is a big Boeing 787 with a very odd configuration. Rather than the premium econony seats being right behind business class, there are three rows of economy seats between business class and premium economy. Our seats are right behind a large emergency exit with no seats in front of us. Sharon doesn't like the fact that there is no where to put anything, e.g. the seat back in front of us.

I am writing this using the wifi on the flight as we travel east. I continue to be amazed at how well the wifi works on these long international flights.

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