Blogs from California, United States, North America - page 1124

Obviously, Buff and I are home now. We got back the 2nd of October. There just wasn't time during the trip to actually write about the trip and we don't know how we would have added photos to blogs...so lucky you! I have gone back and done blogs with photos as I would have, if time had allowed. Now you can read, not read, comment, or not. Thanks for the comments so far Patti & Vivian. This is all there will be. No viewing of CDs or slides or photos or long rambling tales of what happened. Buff & I have already discussed that we are going to be on the alert to try and not be obnoxious about the trip - particularly about "Oh, we were there! Look, Castle Combe. Remember that?" etc. etc. EXCEPT ... read more

We arrived in LA on Columbus day morning at 5.30am and took the 'Supershuttle' to our hostel in Hollywood. We saw the sunrise on the famous Hollywood sign on the way. On our first evening we walked along Hollywood Boulevard to the premiere of a new film called "North Country" at the famous Chinese Theatre. We hoped to see some stars and were not disappointed as both oscar-winner Charlize Theron and Leeds-armoury-advertising Sean Bean turned up! North Country Premiere The next day we went to Venice Beach, saw the (very small) "Muscle Beach" but no-one was working out (all the bodybuilders probably got scared when they saw Tim) and then walked along the 'Ocean Front Walk' to Santa Monica beach. We watched pelicans fishing in the the Pacific ocean, visited the famous pier and then headed ... read more

Hello All, Thanks for resending the blog stuff. I somehow misplaced it. Anyways... California is great! Being from Boston I am NOT used to this perfect weather every single day. Its almost frustrating. My work is about a 45 minute walk from where Aaron and I are living so they gave me a bus pass. But on nice mornings I say to myself "self, today is a nice day, I think I'll walk". So I have pretty much been late to work everyday since it is always nice and I never take the bus. Work is great and is usually entertaining to say the least. If you forgot, I am working at a shelter for homeless families. They stay for 6 months at a time so pretty much make the shelter their home for that time. ... read more

Sara - We spent 3 days in San Francisco. We managed to book into a pretty good hostel, recommended to us in New York, called the Green Tortoise. Standard room, free internet access, breakfast, an evening meal 3 nights a week and free beer on Wednesdays. Plus an opportunity to wash our clothes. We set out to discover 'The City'. We checked out the usual tourist attractions. Rode bicycles over the Golden Gate Bridge, quite a long way you know, bought coffee in a starbucks, rode on a tram (although I've done that in Blackpool), had cocktails at the top of the Bank of America and toured Alcatraz with several hundred other people in headsets - the atmosphere was electric. I preferred it to New York.... read more

Planning for our trip...that is what we have been doing lately. We have made so many changes to our itinerary already, and are still trying to figure out airfare. We want our trip to remain spontanious, but also want to spend as little money as possible on tickets and transportation. As I am writing this, I am actually sitting in an i-net cafe nestled right at the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas. My husband is climbing Mt. Whitney, the tallest Mt. in the contiguous United States! He stared this morning at 3am, and hopes to be done by 3pm. There is snow up there though, which could slow him down (I made him rent some cramp-ons yesterday...just to ease my mind). So, I thought I'd take this opportunity to set up our travel blog instead of ... read more