We're off to San Francisco after work today to fetch our next round of European visitors, this time two teenage girls from Iceland -- Elin, who was an exchange student at Bullard and Sunnyside high schools a couple of years ago, and her cousin, Augusta. We find when our exchange students return, they always come back in multiples -- with their friends or family! That's just great with us. The more, the merrier!
This does give me an opportunity to gripe again because there is no efficient low-cost shuttle service from SFO to Fresno. It's frustrating. My husband and I worked the early shift today and we'll be putting in the 8-hour round trip, by the time we wait for the plane, drive to and fro etc. That's just dumb. Still, the cost of flights from Fresno to LA and SF are completely unreasonable so many of our students, traveling on tight budgets, buy the tickets to the bigger cities.
If anybody has ideas, I'd love to hear them.
Speaking of the city and transportation issues, I got a press release recently from Bluewater Network that hybrid solar ferries, powered by the wind and sun, will carry visitors to Alcatraz under a new 10-year contract between the National Park Service and Hornblower Cruises and Events. Apparently the move to hybrids is not just in the world of cars, but in the world of boats, as well.
I totally agree with Gail. The prices of flying from Fresno to SFO or LAX are ridiculous. So many folks drive.
If the prices were less, they would get more fliers. I can only hope that economics solve this since I think no one wants a return to airline regulation; flights to other places are at least lower. And often Fresno as an "add on" to another trip isn't that costly. Anyway a huge problem, but I know of no solution.