24 RTW Day 64, The Trip Home

By travelerdon on July 1, 2024

Tuesday, May 8, 2024 The trip home

We awake early and get a taxi to the airport. We both seem to be ready to go home. We haul our luggage inside and get it checked in. Armed with just our carry ons, we are directed down two flights of escalators into US Customs. Yes, you heard me correctly! US Customs in Dublin, Ireland! We have never heard of this before. Our flights are taking us to Boston where we’ll change planes to travel on to Los Angeles.

There are restaurants here so after we clear Customs, we get a bite to eat for breakfast. When it comes time to board the plane we go back up two flights of escalators directly into the Gate! The flight to Boston is comfortable and we have food and wine offered to us as well as spacious seats. The flight is a little over 4 hours and my cell phone camera gets a little use.

The approach into Boston is different from approaches I have seen before. Usually, the approach is over water (plane traveling northwest) and gives the impression that the plane will land in water as the runway is built out into the ocean. This time we fly over many scenic islands and we see land right before touching down. Very interesting! It turns out we landed with the plane flying almost due north! I’ve landed in Logan Airport dozens of times and always with the northwest approach!

We land in Boston and because we cleared Customs in Dublin, it is now a domestic flight to Los Angeles. We find the new Gate and check in for the 5 hour flight home. This flight is not as spacious and food and wine have to be purchased. What’s up with that? But I shrug it off and put my cell phone camera to work! I even get a view of LA’s new SoFi Stadium on the approach into LAX!