Sharon and I are off wandering the world again. Following in Van and Holly's footsteps, we are off on a trip organized by Rothschild Safaris. We are traveling with Donna, Kevin and Sharon's brother Tom. Over the next twenty days, we will be exploring South Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia, including Cape Town, the Cape of Good Hope, the Winelands, Kruger National Park and Victoria Falls.
We had an El Dorado Express Shuttle pick us up at 11:30 am. From there, we collected Tom and then Donna and Kevin in Elk Grove. With heavy holiday traffic, the driver took 5 to 205 to 580 to 880 to the San Mateo Bridge to 101 to get to the airport. It was just before 3:00 pm by the time we got to the San Francisco Airport.
Sharon, Ton and I breezed through the checkin at British Airlines. We were quickly through secuity. The five of us had a bon voyage drink and a snack at the end of the A Concourse.
Donna and Kevin had a 6:40 pm flight on Turkish Airlines to Istanbul. While they explored the lounge and then boarded their on-time flight, Sharon, Tom and I had a light dinner at Perry's in Harvey Milk Terminal 1. Tom and I had a cobb salad, whilee Sharon had a southwestern salad.
Our British Airlines to London was delayed. While we were supposed to leave at 7:20 pm, it didn't pull away from the gate until almost 8:30 pm.
I am looking forward to the next three weeks.
I am writing this on the wireless on the plane somewhere over Idaho... I am shocked at how much of the plane is business class seats.
