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California, Here We Come! (2021): Day 13: Transcon in (Some) Style

4 April 2022 RandR.scot Big Trip, Big Trip Diary Entry, North & Central America, USA

St Andrew’s Day brought the first steps in our homeward journey, initially with a short hop back down the west coast to LA, then with a transcontinental flight to Miami,

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California, Here We Come! (2021): Day 12: Gallery day

22 March 2022 RandR.scot Big Trip, Big Trip Diary Entry, North & Central America, USA

After breakfast this morning, there was some business to attend to: before embarking on our eastbound return journey to Europe the following day, it was essential to do more laundry.

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California, Here We Come! (2021): Day 11: Sausalito, the Castro and North Beach revisited

16 March 2022 RandR.scot Big Trip, Big Trip Diary Entry, North & Central America, USA

Trip to Sausalito Today’s breakfast was at a nearby Blue Bottle Café, and this was followed by our usual shower routine before the day got underway in earnest. One notable

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California, Here We Come! (2021): Day 10: San Francisco on Foot

6 March 2022 RandR.scot Big Trip, Big Trip Diary Entry, North & Central America, USA

Today began at a leisurely pace: we had a very light Starbucks breakfast and returned to base for showers. The first real event was our 1130 reservation for dim sum

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California, Here We Come! (2021): Day 9: Arrival in San Francisco

2 March 2022 RandR.scot Big Trip, Big Trip Diary Entry, North & Central America, USA

Emeryville – San Francisco Today’s objective was delightfully simple: to relocate across the bay to San Francisco and get settled in for the longest and most luxurious hotel stay of

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