Los Angeles

Injuries: No more. Nose healing nicely, thankyou.

Beard status: He shaved it all off. Decided it should only be a holiday beard and so nearly 2 weeks head start is cheating slightly.


So we arrived in LA after a tediously long flight, made longer by delays at Heathrow. 1st we had to wait for another plane to arrive as it had passengers needing to get the connecting flight, then Virgin had screwed up the seating plan and split families up meaning there were parentless children all over the plane. We were asked if we'd move from our awful ones in the middle of a row of 4 to a nice window and aisle pair. We did not look a gift horse in the mouth and jumped up straight away.

Arrived in LA in the evening (but about 4am england time). It was dark so didn't see much of the city. Next morning I decided a priority would be to go somewhere where we'd be able to get a nice photo of the Hollywood sign, as we were staying on Hollywood Blvd we knew we wouldn't have to go too far. Then Colin opened the curtains in the room and there it was just up the hill (as you can see from the photo). How cool!

Had 2 great days exploring LA. First day we had a walk along the walk of fame, where all the stars are on the pavement. Then went up to a lovely park called Griffith park where there is an observatory with some huge telescopes. In the afternoon we went up to the hotel pool on the roof but was too intimidated by the beautiful, bikini clad people of LA (well the girls anyway!) to swim. It was definitely more of a place to see and be seen than to swim, but never mind. We went to the bar instead!

Yesterday we went to Warner Bros studios where we had a tour. Colin spotted 2 of the stars from the show The Mentallist. Kim was looking the other way and didn't.

Today we picked up the hire car and drove up pacific highway 1 which is an amazing drive up the coast. We found a motel in a small town nearly half way to San Francisco where we're spending tonight. Its not half as glamourous as the hollywood hotel but its convenient and we have to economise sometimes.

We'll update while we're in SF hopefully. Will put some more photos on soon too.