It was a slow descent as we were lowered into New Zealand through the black and white-frosted mountains. We’re used to landing in tear-stained, watercolour England after sunning our necks abroad for a couple of weeks, but what a contrast it…
Beverly Hills
We have spent our final morning in Los Angeles as voyeurs crawling though its luxury neighbourhoods. We tried to get a few snaps of the fancy Beverly Hills homes and had fun guessing who might live there, but we didn’t…
Walk of Fame
Los Angeles is a sprawling web of freeways and palm trees. If you try to cut through the city during rush hour in an automobile, you may as well be wading through molasses. So we took our equivalent of the…
Universal Studios
Surely we couldn’t come to the entertainment capital of the world without visiting Universal Studios. So we visited it. I’m not big into fast rides, so knowing that I would be coerced into riding everything in the theme park, it…
Cycling in LA
We’ve had a busy few days and a blast in Los Angeles! We’re taking a few minutes to write before we explore the birthplace of the Beach Boys, Hawthorne, then we fly out tonight at 10:30pm (Saturday), arriving in New…
Los Angeles
LA has been fantastic but as with a lot of city breaks, it’s been totally non-stop and we are shattered!! We have photos and things to share but we are going to write everything up tomorrow when we have time…
Ad-Ventura
We’ve just arrived safely in Los Angeles and have a couple of highlights to share from the journey here. We had a great pit stop in Ventura. After wading through the Labor Day traffic, we went for an evening stroll…
Grover Beach
We’re staying here in Grover Beach for one more night, which is just south of San Luis Obispo. Like the other coastal towns we have visited, it’s really chilled out and friendly. The landscape has changed noticeably; the coast is…
Point Lobos
This won’t be a long post but just had to quickly tell you about Point Lobos! It was another recommendation from Cathy and Robert and it was just the best place ever!! It’s a nature reserve on the coast full…
Big Sur
Driving along the Big Sur coast played a big part in our decision to come to California so we can’t lie and say we weren’t a tad disappointed when we realised a chunk of it was closed due to a…