Here I come…

After a restless night (excited about going home?) I was up at 5:20! to get ready to depart. Breakfast consisted of a wild berry smoothie I had bought and stored in the fridge. Dropped my card key off at reception, (grabbed banana for later) and drove to the airport to drop off the car. The traffic was moving well as I was heading away from the city and it was only just after 6 A.M.
It struck me that the sky looked much the same as when I arrived in San Francisco only this time it was sunrise rather than sunset.
Left the car with the National Car Hire attendant and got on the driverless AirTrain shuttle to the terminal.  Printed off copies of my boarding pass and dropped off the main bag. Then just had two and a bit hours to wait until the flight. Ate a breakfast burrito ( a wrapped pancake with scrambled egg, ham, peppers etc).
All boarded OK and by now the sun was fully up. Flight took off at just after 9:30 and we headed to Philadelphia.  The take off went over the city so I got great views of the tall buildings, Twin Peaks and the bridges. Then it was a five hour flight and the sun was setting as we landed. I am now at the International terminal waiting for my flight back to Heathrow. That is due to depart at 9:55 P.M. and, if I have my time zone changes correct, that means another couple of hours to wait here. To pass some of the wait I got chatting to a fellow passenger who is going to Wales to watch the Ryder Cup and then play some golf with some buddies; sounds like they will have fun.
There is no free Wi-Fi here during the week  - which is a surprise- but there is a power point I can use to keep the laptop charged while I write this ‘off line’.
The flight to Heathrow took off a few minutes late and in the dark. Spent the flight listening to my MP3 player, watching the fourth Shrek movie and Avatar. We had a meal (BBQ Chicken) early on and a hot Danish near the end of the flight. After all that it wasn’t too long until we started our descent to Heathrow. A short spin round the holding pattern for 10 minutes (as we had arriving at Philadelphia) and I was back in the UK. A cab from Ronia Cabs and home by 11:30.