Day 14 - Tuesday Jan 10 - Los Angeles, CA

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position at 3:00 pm: N33:44:41 latitude W118:16:31 longitude
(about 50 miles S of San Diego, CA)
temperature: 74F and 17% humidity
distance since FLL: 4927 miles

We got up invigorated and ready to have a morning in Beverly Hills. We started with a buffet breakfast in the same ballroom as the dinner last night. They had stations for eggs made to order and make your own toast that were very popular. After breakfast we walked around for a couple of hours, mostly looking, but occasionally buying something. We then went to Spago about 2 blocks from the hotel to eat lunch at Wolfgang Puck's restaurant, Spago. Debbie had Hungarian Goulash with spatlese (marked on the menu as one of Wolfgang's childhoods favorites) and Clay had a chicken and shrimp pasta dish. Debbie thought Wolfgang mother probably cooked her goulash longer as the beef was a little tough, and she thought his Mom had probably not used chipotle either. As we were leaving, Wolfgang himself strolled through the restaurant greeting the regulars. We had just gotten our bill since we had to meet our car at the hotel in 15 minutes and we needed to walk 2 blocks to get back, so sadly Clay was not able to get his picture.

When we got to the hotel to catch our car back to the ship, we got another surprise. This time, we had a full limo (about the length of a bus with bar and all) to drive us back. It was fun. The RSSC rep told Debbie, "this is your limo coming now, sorry we couldn't get a shorter one." It was said in an ironic tone of voice and Clay thought she was talking about the Honda Civic that was driving past at the time and headed off down the driveway with the luggage. He heard Debbie laughing and calling him back. We had an excellent driver and AC for the relatively quick drive to the port. Back at the ship, we had another gift box on our bed, a couple of pens with our names on them, a world time travel calendar clock and a leather bound blank journal waiting for us.

Tonight's menu is exactly the same as the first night's menu in Ft.Lauderdale. There is to be a movie in the theater tonight. The Daily Passages has one title and the posters outside the theater have another title, but we'll see if we can't make it to whatever is playing. Of course, we have missed 2 days worth of naps now and it may not be possible.

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