USA Trip 2016 - Los Angeles

7 - 10 April 2016


We had a great time in L.A. A bizarre but fun place. 
It feels like being in the movies, a little false but exciting. 
It is a glorious walk all the way down the golden coast.

"There is always one more track to follow, 
one more mirage to explore." - Rosita Forbes

Things we saw and did:

• Hollywood Boulevard
• Hollywood Hills
• Hollywood Walk of Fame
• Chinese Theatre
• In-N-Out Burger
• Dolby Theatre
• The Viper Room
• Whiskey a Go Go
• Sunset Boulevard
• Beverly Hills
• Rodeo Drive
• Santa Monica Pier
• Venice boardwalk
• Venice beach
• Muscle beach

Universal Studios Hollywood:

• The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
• The Forbidden Journey ride
• Hogsmeade Village
• Flight of the Hippogriff ride
• Olivander's wand shop
• Hogwarts Castle
• The Night Studio tour
• Water World
• Minion Mayhem ride
• Shrek in Ogrevision ride
• City Walk
• Transformers ride
• Jurassic Park ride
• The Mummy ride
• The Simpsons ride
• Springfield
• Kwik-E-Mart
• Krusty Burger
• Moe's Tavern

Hollywood Hills

Hollywood Walk of Fame

At the Chinese Theatre

Rodeo Drive

Beverly Hills

The Viper Room

Whiskey a Go Go

Santa Monica Pier

At Venice Beach

Universal Studios Hollywood

The Three Broomsticks in Hogsmeade Village

Hogwarts Castle

Krusty Burger in Springfield

Moe's Tavern in Springfield

USA Trip 2016 - Las Vegas

4 - 7 April 2016

Being in Las Vegas was like being in a movie or a cartoon. 

Loud, busy, hot, surreal and a bit ridiculous, but smaller than I imagined. 

I was surprised at how much I enjoyed Vegas.

The Grand Canyon is completely overwhelming and breathtaking.

"Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer." - Anonymous 

Walked the strip and saw inside the following hotels:

• Luxor
• Excalibur
• New York, New York
• Monte Carlo
• MGM
• The Mirage
• Bellagio
• Caesar's Palace
• Treasure Island
• Encore
• Wynn
• The Venetian
• Paris
• Flamingo

Things we saw and did: 

• Buca di Beppo in Excalibur
• Casino's
• The Hoover Dam
• Route 66 Stop
• Seligman town
• The South Rim of the Grand Canyon

Luxor

Excalibur

New York, New York

MGM

Bellagio & Caesar's Palace

Paris

Caesar's Palace

Encore

Wynn

The Venetian

The Hoover Dam

Route 66

South Rim of the Grand Canyon

USA Trip 2016 - San Francisco

28 March - 4 April 2016


When anyone asks me where my favourite spot in the USA is I always say

San Francisco and I'm not 100% sure why but I keep saying it...
It made me feel something, a sort of happiness
as if I had found what it was I was searching for out there.
I couldn't get enough of it's overwhelming beauty and fresh coastal air.
It is at the top of my list to return to.

"One day if I go to heaven, I'll look around and say,
"It ain't bad, but it ain't San Francisco." - Herb Caen

Things we saw and did:

• The Golden Gate Bridge
• Chestnut Street
• Ashoka Indian restaurant
• The Tipsy Big bar
• Chinatown
• Jack Kerouac Street
• City Lights Book store
• The Beat Museum
• The Coit Tower
• Transamerica Pyramid
• Port of San Francisco
• Ferry Building
• Bay Bridge
• Exploratorium
• Pier 33
• Pier 39
• Fisherman's Wharf
• Cable Car
• In N' Out Burger
• Lombard Street (Hairpin street)
• Lee Neighbourhood Theatre
• Alcatraz island
• Alcatraz Prison
• Tony Neapolitan Pizza
• Beer Hall
• City Hall
• Market Street
• Buena Vista Café
• The Palace of Fine Arts
• Cycle across the Golden Gate Bridge
• Sausalito 
• Hogwash pub
• Super Duper Burger
• Haight-Ashbury
• Amoeba Records
• Hippy Hill
• Mikkeller bar
• Hunger Games Exhibition
• The 7 Painted Ladies
• The Castro
• Climbed Twin Peaks
• Humphry & Slocombe icecream
• Toronado bar

The Golden Gate Bridge

Transamerica Pyramid

Port of San Fransico

Jack Kerouac Street

City Lights Book store

Pier 39 Sea lions  

Fisherman's Wharf

Cable Car

Lombard Street

Alcatraz Island

San Francisco from Alcatraz Island

Coit Tower

The Palace of Fine Arts

Dancing at the Golden Gate Bridge

The 7 Painted Ladies

View from atop Twin Peaks