Linda with the promenade
in the background.

As mentioned in an earlier post, we'll try again today. We had a few hours to kill, so we decided to take in the "promenade" in Santa Monica. The promenade is about 4 blocks long along 3rd Street -- just a block off the ocean. For the last 25 years, it's been a tourist attraction as well as a wonderful playground for locals and visitors alike. Shops of all type about -- restaurants, Starbucks (of course) and more. Street musicians entertain passerby for tips. I was told that 6.3 million visitors wander the shops annually -- with 3 million International visitors.

We made our way back to the airport about 3:30 and, once again, visited the United Lounge to wait for our flight at 5:45 p.m. During our visit we were told that, finally, our plan did leave last night -- 7 hours late. This was after we were advised to "rebook" and find a hotel!!

Hopefully, the next blog entry will be from London Heathrow Airport. We'll make our way to Cork and get this adventure underway. It'll be fun. And heck, even a layover in Los Angeles was an adventure in itself. We saw some sights we might not otherwise see -- so what the heck!!??

More to come