Our last week in the US was spent with minimal possessions and sleeping on the floor in an empty apartment. Fortunately some very kind friends did their good samaritan bit and looked after us over Christmas and the New Year.
Christmas was spent with Linda, Mike, Lillie (aka Cutie), Smiley and Mr Beads. We were completely spoiled and copious amounts of food and drink were presented - it would have been rude not to have stuffed ourselves ! - besides we were bulking up for the lean months ahead. The season drink was determined to be Kia Royale which went down a treat.
Gary then had to say goodbye to his baby (Mike and Linda are kindly babysitting the Z4)and we set off for the New Year feeling very disconnected and low tech - no apartment, no laptop, no car and no cell phone.
New Years eve was spent with Poorti, Michael, Nisha and Anika. They were jolly good hosts and Poorti & Susie delivered up their famous 30 dishes feast. Eyes were certainly bigger than bellies and we needed to be rolled off to the airport the following day worrying about whether our 1 seat each in economy would be big enough.
Our final departure challenge was San Francisco airport and it did not disappoint. We had wisely left an ample 5 hours to catch our connection in LA on to Fiji - which was just enough to deal with the 3 hour delay in SF airport.
So it was with much pent up anticipation that we finally boarded our flight and headed off to our first destination - sunny Fiji
