Chicago Trip – Day One
WHAT A DAY!!!
Today has been, without doubt, one of the longest days of our lives. We arrived at Tullamarine before 7.00am and joined a queue to drop our bags. And while trying to check in online was an exercise in frustration, the forty minutes I spent doing that probably still saved us twenty minutes this morning.
Our plane was delayed for about an hour while some bags needed to be off-loaded. Two people had checked in their suitcases but hadn't made it to the plane. Who does that?? Anyway, once that was done, we were on the way with United Airlines for a 14 hour flight to Los Angeles. We were sitting in the very back seat, which wasn’t as bad as it might sound. I had a window seat and enjoyed looking out across Australia.
Some good things about the flight – we were able to enjoy some movies, nobody could contact me (which is nice for a while), and the lady sitting next to us was from Stawell! So we had some mutual friends to talk about. Some not so good things about the flight – bumpy, so bumpy, didn’t get enough sleep, breakfast. And that cup of tea was a bit questionable too. Staff were great though.
Getting through customs at Los Angeles Airport was easy enough, but I’m very happy that there was only one other plane landing at the same time. Some people enjoy the experience of wandering around a new airport in a new country. I am not that kind of person. Trying to work out where to go when you are tired and fading quickly is not easy, even if there are plenty of signs. At least Anne was able to see what we needed to see. 
So now we are in LA and we are exhausted. Eventually got to our accommodation after learning there are two Travelodges near the airport. Guess how we learned that! While we would like to see more of LA, we are so tired. And LA is not our great attraction, it is not the reason we have come to the USA.
Tomorrow we are off to Chicago. And that is the reason for this trip.
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