Aug 2 Day 50 Fly to Los Angeles & train home

So, we were up super early saying our goodbyes to Lars and then off to the airport driven by Julie. We’re so appreciative of all their good hospitality. Both of them thought they would maybe take a break from speaking English for a couple of weeks after our visit. We are so thankful that they speak such good English, but we know it’s tough speaking so much English. Julie dropped us off one last time in the “kiss and fly” drop off. Goodbye we’ll miss you. Thus began 26 hours of travel.

We were at the Copenhagen airport in plenty of time. We checked in and were really appreciative that the nice lady at Scandinavian Airlines let us slipped by our too heavy by 12 pounds suitcase. Yikes. Everything went well in Copenhagen. We loaded the plane and headed off to Toronto. Both of us watched a lot of movies as we crossed the Atlantic.

We landed in Toronto and had several hours wait before boarding the plane again. We were super glad that we could go through an American customs station there in Toronto. This would save us a lot of headaches once we landed in LA.

The flight from Toronto to LA was another six hours. All went smooth again. A little more movie watching. Trying to catch a little bit of a nap. It’s not so easy sleeping on a plane.

We were happy to land in Los Angeles at about 6:30 in the evening. Even not having to go through customs, LAX is always a little overwhelming. To go through the airport, picking up our all too heavy suitcases. And then started the way home in California. First, we had to find the Fly Express Bus that went to the LA central train station. Kind of confusing, but everything was in English. This was definitely a plus. We waited half hour to catch the bus. Then off to the train station. It was kind of a hassle figuring out how to buy a ticket, but nothing like how would have been in Copenhagen. A little perspective now. We got our ticket, but it wasn’t going for another two hours. The nice Amtrak lady ordered a golf cart for us and several other people to get us to the other side of the station where our train would arrive. We took it.

We had been traveling for over 20 hours when our train arrived.  We hopped on and then another two hours train ride down to Oceanside.  It was now after midnight local time. Patti couldn’t get her Uber app to work on the phone. Both of us were so tired. However, she did have the Lyft app and used that, and a very nice Lyft driver arrived and drove us home to our house. We arrived shortly after 1 AM, glad to be home. We fell in to bed happy and grateful. Another grand adventure had come to an end. There’s nothing like home sweet home!