We decided our final trip to the US of 2007 would be for Thanksgiving to spend it with the Vignoles side of the family. The Date’s will be here in India during Christmas, so those who are married know the 1 holiday with each family drill. Prachee’s family doesn’t really celebrate Christmas, but in my mind it’s about spending time with family – the holiday is just the excuse. We tried to see as many people as possible, but the trip was only a week long, so our apologies if we didn’t get the chance to call you or see each other.
We flew into San Francisco, so Rani & Nick let us crash at their place and we got to spend maximum time with Devin (you can see how big he’s gotten in the pictures – but the mischievous smile remains the same). We barely had a few days in SF before we drove down with Chris & Lindsay to my parents place in San Diego. Dreading the day-before-Thanksgiving traffic, we left while it was still dark and drove around LA. We ended up making it in just under 8 hours, which was fantastic – thanks to a little luck and dad’s masterful re-routing using the traffic info on Google Maps!
In San Diego we had a fantastic Thanksgiving meal and also did our tradition of Secret Santa as we were all going to be spread out around the world for Christmas. Caught up with friends and even got a round of golf in thanks to Jackie organizing. In what seemed a flash, we needed to start packing to leave for LA on Sunday. On our way to the airport we managed to see friends from Toyota and USC as well as check out Claire & Jackie’s apartment.
The flight home was a bit different than usual as we flew over the Pacific Ocean on Singapore Airlines. I was really excited because since we flew to California through Europe, we’d be completing a Round the World Flight! I also set my personal record for longest flight I’ve taken: 14 hours from LAX to Taipei. Anyway, we had an eight hour layover in Singapore, so we took the time to wander the city for a few hours. Hope you enjoy the pictures!
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