Day 1 - Santa Monica. Beautiful, loved it, need to live there. The conceirge at the hotel suggested we take a local 75 cent bus ride down to the beach, rather than pay the $69 tour price. So on we hop with all the homies yo. Bus drivers go way too fast and drive on the wrong side of the road, but we make it and head straight to the Santa Monica Pier. This is a beautiful place. Reminds me of St.Kilda. We have a shop around, check out Bubba Gump Schrimp Factory and make our way to the Third Street Promenade. OMG - love love love it. Did I mention we loved it? We sit down on a terrace to have lunch and discover that the young man who was sitting opposite us at Melbourne
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