In the air again ,,,

Our 80th trip to the U.S.A.! Escaping our very icky weather for the last two weeks, was really enticing! All went smooth on our way over to the airport, MUC, 1:20 hours drive without real traffic jams, which has become a rarity! Left our car in a new parking garage (which has offered a good rate when booking long in advance), took the bus to the terminal building and all went quick there. 

Plane departed on time, and, again, we were fortunate and the middle seat between us wasn't taken. This fact, and, Eco Plus gave us some more space to stretch out. The B777-200 was about 80 % full, there was the usual "chicken or pasta", an "afternoon snack" (pic) - more wrapping than contents – and a dry pizza-dough something before landing. Flight was long - almost 12 hours -, but okay. We flew an extremely northernly route today and into SFO via Canada down the coast.

Watched some of famous French chef Julia Child's TV series, read some Mark Twain (about Hawaii) and, eventually, arrived on time in cloudy, windy San Francisco. Flew over the Oakland Bay Bridge and downtown on the photo below.

From landing to our new gate it didn't quite take us 30 minutes - new record time! Went through immigration (with Global Entry) in minutes, luggage came 5 minutes later. MUC should take that as an example!

 

 

 

 

Inspected SFO's new outdoor terrace (above), but it was pretty windy. Had time to burn since our plane to Kona (Big Island) was about 45 min. delayed. Checked and answered emails, got us coffee and waited. Another 6 hours to go!