The Long Beach airport wasn't quite what I expected. Walking through the airport I feel like I'm in the middle of a 70's movie. I got off the plane into the terminal which basically just had a bunch of "leave now" signs directing me out of the airport onto the street. The font used for the airline signs in the airport is old-school!
Using Google maps on my phone, I located a coffee shop to hang out in for a few hours between flights and went to the bus stop. I was surprised when I saw the bus come 20 minutes early, so I got on. As soon as it left the airport loop I realized I was going the opposite direction. I took the bus down to Circle Center and saw a Chase branch.
I figured this was a good a time as any to break my $50 into small bills. I had to walk through a metal detector carrying my laptop bag and backpack full of metal to get inside. The tellers were arranged in a circle so that all the customers were on the outside. Is this a more effective layout for preventing a robbery?
A couple blocks away was a coffee shop so I figured I'd crash there for a while and figure out how to get back to the airport.
