Thursday, May 24, 2007

Bye, bye Boston!

Yawn... I left Boston early at 8:30 this morning.
Everything went pretty smoothly, from taking the Woburn Logan Express bus to the airport, to checking in at the terminal, and the security gate didn't beep at me once... L.A. here I come!

The flight wasn't terribly interesting. I got a nosebleed as soon as I got on the plane, though, which probably grossed out everyone sitting around me... (sorry, guys!) But it did stop after a while, and then I just read a little bit in my new book, watch "Bridge to Terebithia," and chat with the friendly elderly lady next to me.

I also got to see the Grand Canyon. Man, that looked amazing! I think I know where I need to stop by next summer!

Sad, sad, but they don't serve food anymore on these "short" 6 hour flights. I took a bottle of water, a piece of pita bread with hummus, some peppers, and an apple with me. I'm not sure if that's allowed, or not, but no one complained/noticed.

L.A. looks really different from Boston and the New England area! (I have never been there, so this is all new and exotic for me) The houses are surrounded by palm trees and most of them have red roofs! The roads are kinda crappy, though.

I took the "FlyAway Bus" to Union Station, to catch my train to San Diego. Wow, Union Station is such a nice train station! It's huge, but really clean :) Also, the train I took was very modern -- not at all what I am used to (same company, but the Downeaster is so outdated compared to this... also, they have a singing train conductor, who likes to announce the next station in a tenor-pitched singing voice...!)

Now I also know why they call this train route the "scenic route." We drove by the sea and the beach, and a lot of smaller looking villages, with the cutest houses!

Now, I'm a little exhausted, though. The day started at 5 this morning, and I got to San Diego at 8pm (Boston time).

Weird - how come I didn't get lost once?!!

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