We arrived safely at LA on Saturday and experienced the evening of Saturday the 6th twice! Chris kindly picked us up and saved us the effort of trying to get to the Wades pad - thankfully as we were very tired. That evening we were taken to a very nice Japanese restaurant in Seal Beach. The chefs were very entertaining and had obviously been on the saki along with their guests! Despite them being probably being a bit squiffy the food was fantastic. Back at the house we spent the rest of the evening sharing stories of traveling and showed 50% of our photos!! Even better than that Chris got out his old slides of his and Diana's travels in the late 70's. It got to midnight before we knew it and decided to have the second installment of photos on Sunday.Yesterday we had a very lazy start and slept really well - much needed. Chris & Diana returned from church and we went into town for brunch. We met up with Shane (Chris and Diana's son) and continued sharing our stories. After brunch we took a stroll down onto the Seal Beach pier and saw locals fishing and hungry pelicans hovering for scraps. In the afternoon Chris took us on a great tour of Orange County stopping along the coast so we could appreciate the beauty of the area. That evening we again got the photos out and we compared ours with Chris & Diana's pictures of NZ which were taken 28 years ago. Again another late night, this time after midnight and several bottles of red wine consumed.
Today we went to Universal Studios!! As we drove to the theme park we found it funny that our experiences during our travels have been so diverse - our third day into our time away we were at the Taj Mahal and our third to last day would be spent in Universal Studios!! Two places at different ends of the spectrum. We spent the day going on the various rides including the Simpsons and Jurassic Park! We got back to the house around 7pm and watched the Oscar ceremony which happened just down the road yesterday.
Tomorrow we're going to see more LA sights including downtown, Beverly Hills etc before going to watch the LA Lakers play basketball against the Toronto Raptors at the Staples Center.
Not long now so there will probably be one more blog update before we get home.
Love to all.
Mark & Rach. xxx
Whey hey...nearly home.....!!!
ReplyDeleteI liked LA but it wasn't as glitzy as I had hoped it would be...houses in Beverley Hills are quite impressive though....and I hope you get a chance to go to LA Madame Tussauds...that's pretty good fun.
All well here...up early again!! Ellen has a bit of a tickly cough so was up at 0630!!! I could do with another hour in bed but no chance of that!!
Come on all you sleepy heads.....!! xxx
Soooo looking forward to seeing you,
Big hugs xxx
Unbelievable! If your getting help from an 'ickle baby to wake up then I'm afraid your blog post does not count...no team work allowed ;) I liked LA but only I think because of the hospitality of Kirsty, the Wades and their friends! Seal Beach and the rest of the 'OC' is really nice and dont forget to go to Ruby's as well! Gonna be very good to see you both, bit manic here at the moment (still trying to get the booze stains off the wall where we had all the massive house parties!) but I'm sure everything will be sorted by the time you get back. Much love xxx
ReplyDeleteHey Prince what happened to the King! I agree with assistance from tiny babes though....very unfair. And if it comes to 6.30 spare a thought for those who are showered and feeding the animals by then and on the road to work at 7 or sooner. Loved the stories of Seal Beach and definitely try to go to Ruby's - when we were all there together we had to wait for a table with a group of extremely large ladies eating ice cream by the ton! Don't get spoilt too much in these last days - we have loads of jobs lined up for your return! Have a great last couple of days. Sooooo excited now! Can't wait. Love you loads and send love to all the Wades too xxx
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ReplyDeleteWas Apu working, and did you get a squishie from Kwik-E-Mart! Hope you had fun at Universal Studios- I remember Frank screaming when he saw the T-Rex above his head just before the huge drop!
The Wades were brilliant when we stayed with them, and it looks as though they are being brilliant again. Hope you enjoy the last few days of your travels, bet the Lakers will be very exciting.
Take Care
Lots of love
xxxx
ps- I'm only slightly excited!!
Gill, can Clive not make his own breakfast these days? ;)
ReplyDelete1 day to go - yippee!!!! LA looks like good fun, have you spotted any celebs? Love you xxx
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