Em and Jon’s Wedding

That’s the end of our west coast adventure. We so enjoyed the laid-back style of California and could happily live there, particularly in San Francisco (although to afford a house we would need to earn more and spend a lot less on gadgets and toiletries).

At SFO airport I had to check out the toiletries, but refrained from purchasing any more as they had already marked two of our three suitcases with big red tags labelled HEAVY. Virgin America is great. We got a friendly welcome at the check-in desk and good service on the plane, which was less than half-full. (Stewardess we are ugly and you are beautiful so please help us. No! Loads of room, loads of room - Lee Evans’ fans will understand). There is power, USB power and internet or at least ethernet at every seat. None of which Jon could take advantage of because he put his cables in the suitcase. However, we now know for next time. The tv screens on the seat backs could also be tuned to Google maps so you can check where you are in the world.

Their whole in-flight entertainment and information system is still in beta, though, and it shows: