Arrival Day 9th June

Well those Virgins really looked after us, what need is there for BA????

We had a 30 minute delay waiting for someone who never showed up and then had a smooth 10.5 hour flight, we were fed 4 times and watered all the way.

The first words out of the US immigration officers mouth was "who will win on Saturday in the World Cup game, so I thought the best thing to do would be to humour him and his gun but, sod it, "ENGLAND" came out of my mouth and he laughed and gave me my passport back and said "welcome back to England Sir, your going on what we call a quick turnaround", i.e. back on the plane I'd just got off.
When a Mexican American, with a gun, in a booth, says that without even smiling it makes you feel all funny. I knew he wasn't a proper American because he was genuinely interested in Football.

So quickly i said to him "No, I'm only joking, the England players are all overpaid prima donnas and to be honest I think America will batter them", "Nope, still the wrong answer Sir" he said, "It's Mexico", I admired his passion and loyalty to the stars and stripes and politely mentioned that England weren't playing Mexico this weekend, so once again he corrected me and said "No I meeen to weeen ze Wurld Cup". Knowing when enough is enough I said "of course" and pressed the finger print pad, smiled to the camera whilst I had my iris photographed and then he waved me through.
"Welcum to America Sir, have a nice stay", what a lovely guy.


Golden Gate Bridge



At the bottom is The Golden Gate Bridge, in the middle of the picture is Alcatraz and the bridge at the top is the Oakland Bridge?


Downtown San Fran (as we call it here in San Francisco)


Touchdown USA




The Waiter of the Tour (so far) another lovely Mexican guy