Farewell ms Ryndam - Part 2.

Seems like I screwed up the last blog, so continuing on.....
Our call for disembarkation came sooner than we anticipated, consequently we had to drop everything and move along. Transferred from the ship by taxi to Vancouver airport courtesy of a voucher provided by APT. Although we were cleared into the USA at Vancouver, the rest of the check in procedure was an absolute shambles. Just on 3 hours in a variety of lines until eventually we made it to the departure lounge as boarding began. A pleasant 2 hour flight to San Francisco,then a taxi to our hotel in Union Square where we will be for the next 3 nights. After settling in, a strole around Powell St. and an early dinner in one of the many budget priced eateries. Boy what a drop from the service and food we had become accustomed to over the last 3 weeks. We are due to collect our hire car Wednesday morning from Avis at Palo Alto which is quite a way out of town, so I will attempt to alter the pickup point to the Avis depot nearby. We plan to spend tomorrow (Mon) and Tuesday visitin!
g some of the interesting places we last visited back in 1995, then when we have the car head south down the coast road towards Ventura and Los Angeles.

Kevin & Gail.
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