A good nights sleep. We woke close to 8:00 to blue skies – another glorious southern California day. It must get boring??
We did some more packing then headed down for some breakfast. Things were quiet there. It seems they had only 2 people taking breakfast and tried hard to sell us the full breakfast option, but failed. They then charged us only for 1 full rather than 2 continental breakfasts and gave us full takeaway coffees – nice to be looked after.
We finished packing and left our bags at the hotel. A short walk to the pier then back into town for Sue to do some shopping. I halted by a street singer – Chelsea Williams and sat in the sun listening while Sue wandered the shops. Sue felt more confident in the shops today. First trying hard to spend some money in the Mango sale but no luck with sizing so Just ended up buying some assorted t shirts in Zara. Shop assistants were a bit over helpful which can be off putting. Gerry was happy listening to the street musicians so Sue then moved on to the farmers market, the largest in LA. Lovely listening to the banter of the customers and sellers and looking at all the fresh produce (mainly oranges). All in the sunshine.
Once sorted we took a taxi from the hotel, similar cost to the shuttle for 2 people and so much quicker and easier. Check-in was so much quicker as we had allowed the full 3 hours. Security took an hour then a quiet wait for the flight. 10 hours in the air before back to the UK winter.
The arrival at Terminal 5 gave us time for a coffee before boarding the bus to Winchester. A pleasant ride – I would recommend the coach to get to the airport. Christine * Emma picked us up in Winchester and we had a quet day with them. The family seemed very relaxed and happy – probably as a result of their break at Center Parcs.
All over now – roll on the next holiday.
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