06.19.2018 - By San Francisco Chronicle
I was never so glad to see San Francisco. After nearly 12 hours and 5,000 miles in the middle seat of giant jet plane, even San Francisco International looked good to me. The immigration officer held up my passport and looked me in the eye. “Welcome home,” he said amiably. “Where have you been?” Well, the Sailor Girl and I had been all over: Norway, Denmark, a train ride to Berlin, Poland, Estonia, Russia, Finland, Sweden.