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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Los Angeles
DAY ONE
After months of planning and years of saving we’re finally on the other side of the world!
The plane trip over was smooth, Trace managed to sleep for couple of hours while Mike watched movies… He will eventually learn to sleep anywhere.
We made it from the airport car company where we picked up our Dodge Caliber and began to learn how to drive on the right… Mike does all the driving and Trace closes her eyes!
We walked down the Hollywood walk of fame and did an open bus tour around Hollywood and Beverly Hills. No stars were spotted – Disappointing.
In the afternoon we headed out to Santa Monica beach and got some dinner after miles of walking! Mike’s already developed “jandal blisters”.
Here we absorbed a carnival like atmosphere and watched some 4th July fireworks which were in LA (miles away) but were still huge!
DAY TWO
After discovering the 5th July was a “mondayised” holiday we made the call to go to Universal Studios as they had a VIP pass which skipped the queues but cost extra… Definitely worth it!! We had a max 5min queue all day.
This was all Trace’s idea… Mike just pulled it off better!
Some kiwi ingenuity - rubbish bin for a tripod
Off to Yosemite tomorrow… Hopefully Trace can open her eyes to see some scenery while Mike is driving.