Prepare yourself for a very uneventful blog! Even the photo's are bad today!! We decided as we had a bit of a long drive in front of us tomorrow we would have a relaxing day today. So thats what we done. After breakfast we drove to a nearby Walmart for a few bits then came back to our hotel and went down to the pool - where we stayed for the next 4 hours sunning it up - Other than Joe, who stayed in the room on the laptop! Myself and Nige got in the jacuzzi but it was way too [View Full Entry]

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Wow was Wednesday a long day. We woke up in Merced, ate another hotel breakfast and the Hertz guy picked us up. We were right by the road into Yosemite and we were off by 8:30. The road into Yosemite wasn't too bad, we climbed to what height? 7,000 feet. Brian's new favorite height. The park is really pretty. We were more or less auto touring, but did stop and walk into look at Yosemite Falls. There were lots of folks there, most from Europe. The road out of Yosemite was a little windier, but pretty, again with the views [View Full Entry]

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Hej alle! 24.07 Så er Bedstemor og Lene hjemme i Danmark igen. Vi (Hillerødderne) har nu besøgt Universal studios - en fin og underholdende tur. Det blev også til en tur i Hollywood og den obligatoriske tur på Hollywood Boulevard for at se de kendtes fod og fingeraftryk. Vi er nu i Oakland - tæt på San Francisco. Vi bor på Motel 6 et hyggeligt sted ved en bådhavn. Bådhavnen var også stedet hvor vi spiste aftensmad. En hyggelig Italiensk resturant hvor de til vores store overraskelse, serverede de rugbrød til maden. Det viste sig at ejeren var fra Østrig så [View Full Entry]

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It's been such a long time since I have blogged here. I have a few major updates on my life. For one, Taiwan was unsuccessful. As a result of my citizenship status, I was not allowed to obtain a work visa to teach in Taiwan. But now, I am going to teach in Japan instead. I have never been to Japan before other than to connect flights so it will be a completely new experience for me. I will be working for AEON, one of the big eikaiwa companies in Japan. The process involved: -Application -Scheduling an interview date in which [View Full Entry]

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Our holiday is now only hours from completion. Can't believe it really. We have had a wonderful time and had some great experiences. We went to Universal Studios yesterday which was great. More of a theme park than I remember it being last time in 1976, but it was still a lot of fun. The queues were nowhere near as bad as Disneyland and Knotts Berry Farm, so it feels like we packed a lot into the day. Also, despite the heat (about 35 degrees Celcius), they have these huge fans and light spray jets of water everywhere, so you really [View Full Entry]

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A slower day in Hollywood Well the Best Western Hollywood Plaza may be a noisy place to sleep but it has the great advantage of being 5 minutes walk from Hollywood Boulevard. So after a slightly interrupted nights sleep due to noisy people/cars/doors etc. we eventually headed out to find the Hollywood and Highland Mall which is situated on the intersection off Highland Avenue (where our hotel is) and Hollywood Boulevard. A late breakfast (okay it was really lunch) of pancakes with strawberries and maple syrup (or nutella for Jack, or chocolate and banana waffles for Mark) we made our way [View Full Entry]

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We took al taxi ride from the San Diego hotel to the train station. The Pacific Surfliner was on time and we had a business class seat, just so that we were guaranted a seat to LA. Uneventful would describe the entire day. We made our bus connection in LA just fine, this time we didn't have to race through the place. We also didn't go exploring too much. No time or will to. We found where the bus loaded and an Amtrak woman that kept telling us stuff, but I couldn't really understand her. But it was the right bus [View Full Entry]

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Salinas, CA is on the major rodeo circuit. Every July, the professional cowboys come to town. We've been to this several times. The cowboys do wonders on the bulls and horses. This sort of sport is not for weaklings. Also, they allow some of the younger cowboys to get involved. In one of the photos, they're trying to catch some sheep, not so easy to do. Outside, there is food galore. Lots of BBQ's, the typical Mexican food, and a variety of other foods. Also, you will find plenty of stalls selling all sorts of cowboy merchandise, leather goods, cowboy hats, [View Full Entry]

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Hollywood and Universal Studios Probably the quickest checkout so far today - we were packed and ready to roll before the kids had much of a chance to wake up (the best way, as it turns out). We all piled into Igor The Boat and set Twiki to direct us to Universal Studios. By more coincidence than harmony between man and machine, we arrived at Universal Studios around midday without any incident, bar encountering a *very* helpful English woman who felt she needed to impart everything she knew about the States to us on a garage forecourt. That said though, she [View Full Entry]

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No me apetece escribir, así que ahí van las primeras fotos de San Francisco... [View Full Entry]

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