Friday, January 3, 2025

Day 1 Jan. 3, 2025 - Off We Go

Well, we are off to a good start.  With Christmas behind us, and our wonderful time spent with family in the past, we are ready to start our new adventure.

Alex our Top Hat Limo driver arrived at 5:25 AM.  We drove the 1.5 miles to the Wellborn and departed their house at 5:45.  Traffic was light and we arrived at Atlanta Airport at 6:40.  We had our bags checked and we're through security by 7:00 AM, a record for us.
Loading our luggage.
Alex our driver.  Top Hat Limo is the BEST!

I am writing this post while waiting for our 8:55 flight 

I'll give the next update from Beverly Hills..

 Continuing --
We had an incredibly smooth flight.  Everything was on time and there was no turbulence for the entire trip. Service was excellent and even the food was good.  This trip almost restored my faith in air travel.
Kay relaxing prior to boarding completing.

We arrived at LAX around 11:00 AM and we're met by two Viking representatives.  They escorted the four of us to a Mercedes van which had  us at the Sofitel Beverly Hills at 12:05.  It was only a 12 mile trip, but took 40 minutes. (almost as long as our 45 mile trip to the Atlanta Airport.
The Sofitel Beverly Hills 
Check-in was painless and we all went to our rooms for a little R&R.  We met again at 2 o'clock for a little exploring.

Macy's at the Beverly Center across the street from our hotel. 
 This is just one of several shopping centers within walking distance.  This photo was taken just at dusk from above the hotel's pool.

After a little exploring, we had a delicious burger are Johnny Rockets around the corner from the hotel.  It was only 3:00 PM but our bodies knew it was 6:00.

Just a little reminder why I don't wish to live in California.

It will be early to bed tonight.  I think we are purchasing all day tickets for a Hop On Hope Off bus tomorrow.  That seemed the best way to spend the day viewing the sites 

Please forgive my misspellings and punctuation in this post.  I am doing it on the phone, not the best way.  

Until tomorrow...

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