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En <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Monday, July 6, 2014 En Route Home: Shanghai-Los Angeles We organized a taxi and were up and away, the next morning and flew from Pudong to Los Angeles\u2014a 13 hour flight that surprisingly went quickly as we watched The Wolf of Wall Street and All is Lost (both of which we enjoyed immensely). Last Day… <\/p>\n
\nRoute Home: Shanghai-Los Angeles
\naway, the next morning and flew from Pudong to Los Angeles\u2014a 13 hour flight
\nthat surprisingly went quickly as we watched The Wolf of Wall Street<\/i> and All
\nis Lost<\/i> (both of which we enjoyed immensely).
\nDay in Los Angeles: <\/span>
\nRadisson Airport hotel which was just 5 minutes away. The free shuttle bus
\ndropped us off there and we tried hard to catch a much-needed nap before
\nChriselle arrived to spend the day with us. Alas, neither one of us could fall
\nasleep easily.
\nhour later, she was with us. We dressed and she drove us to the Norton Simon
\nMuseum in Pasadena as we thought we\u2019d have enough energy to take it in.
\nHowever, I have to say that although its collection is superb, 45 minutes into
\nour visit, I was staggering with jetlag and had to call a halt to it.
\nthen drove us to her place where we had a fabulous reunion with her dogs,
\nFerris and Herky and then fell fast asleep for a couple of hours. Robert got
\nhome at 7. 30 when we dressed again and got ready for our dinner appointment
\nand an early birthday celebration for me at Osteria
\nMozza,<\/i> Mario Battali\u2019s restaurant in Los Angeles. We had ourselves a truly
\namazing meal with a sampler of mozzarella and buratta cheese, a lovely Valipocelli
\nred wine, lamb chops, goat-cheese filled ravioli, spaghetti with sea urchin and
\nhangar steak\u2014not to mention the amazing desserts of Nancy Silverton whose
\ncioccolato (a dense chocolate cake) and almond tart were the final touches of
\ngastronomic greatness that ended our evening and indeed our holiday.
\nand Chriselle dropped us back to the Radisson Hotel for a good night\u2019s sleep
\nbefore our early morning flight, the next morning, on American Airlines, and then
\nit was all over. We were finally home at Southport at about 11 pm after I had
\nspent my entire birthday airborne. <\/span> <\/span> <\/span>
\ntravels had come to an end\u2014and exciting though they were, it was not a moment
\ntoo soon. Both Llew and I were footsore and exhausted and although we had been
\ndeeply enlightened and fascinated by the Far East, we had probably bitten off
\nmore than we could chew. We were ready to sleep in our own bed and bathe in our
\nown bath tub again. <\/span>