Americas Best Value Inn - Granada Hills/Los Angeles

... Venice is less gross but gross none the less. Just be prepared. Also, we did not go on the walking tour in Rome and we were told that was a wise decision. By the time the tour rolls around you’re far too tired to care about anything they’re saying.

12. You will not have a chance to do laundry. If you start to run out, do laundry the night you get into Rome (either ...

... and working hard everyday, doing hours of homework, our parents both working long hours, intense competition for virtually every activity in which we participated. The kids couldn’t believe it. No movie, no pop song, no TV show had ever portrayed this side of everyday, mundane American life to them before. It was eye-opening to them to realize that we live just as demanding lives as they do in Russia. They were able to understand ...

... Roberts stayed in the "big mistake" store she walked in and even the street he picked her up on. We think we even saw someone trying to be her, (oh that was a real woman of the night!) We saw the stars in the side walk, just to say that we've seen it then we decided to take a tour of the movie stars homes and go up to see the Hollywood sign. We had our camera ready to see all the mansions of the movie stars and we were rearing to ...

... to the service desk confirmed that there are no mini-bars in any of the rooms and I was misinformed by the newbie Platinum agent. Not too worry, I was off to the Executive Lounge for some finger food whilst watching jets glide and touch down into LAX. The ...

My friend Deanne lives in LA now. For most of her life, her last name was Itchon, which is probably one of the cooler names out there. But now she's married, and her last name is Campos, which isn't nearly as exotic and I refuse to call her that. (Her husband's really cool, and I've spent a fair amount of time trying to convince him to take her name) I actually haven't gotten in the habit of calling any of my friends by their married names ...

... out of my ears by the time we had gone 5 miles as I was sitting sideways and hit my head on the window over every bump. By the time we made a stop for breakfast we were not in the best of tempers - I gave the driver a bit of a serve - and we re-arranged the sitting, putting Jasmin in the front and giving us a little more room in the rear. It is a long drive out to the Park - over 200 miles - and it was NOT a good way to ...

... me in and told the woman that he couldn't let me in, because it came up in red as flagged, even though I have a waiver on my visa (I needed to apply for a visa, due to my very scary shoplifting charge). So I was put through the questions.. "How much jail time did you serve" ahh... none, it wasn't murder or anything...just shoplifting "I see, but you were taken away in handcuffs weren't you?" ahh, no. No I wasn't. Just a fine ...

... mighty Colorado River over 5 million years it certainly impressed. As we headed south to Phoenix, Arizona proved more wooded and mountainous then expected. In fact in descending one of these mountains on the highway I had my first encounter with the cops after being pulled over for speeding. Playing it polite and apologetic as I'd been advised I was lucky to get off with a warning. After passing Flagstaff and the beautiful forested red sandstone canyons of ...

I've only done America once and that was New York. LA is completely different and much more of a tourist attraction in it's self. So going along with the trend the first stop was Universal Studios. Spent the day on the rides and taking a tour around the studio lot. I have to say the Shrek 4D show was brilliant. While we there we discovered tickets were available to see the Tonight Show with Jay Leno being filmed tomorrow ...

... Although we weren't gamblers we still managed to find a way to waste our money. I found out that it costs $90 to get 3 rolls of film developed in an hour a little too late for my liking and the girls both shelled out $100 for tickets to the Tyson fight. I don't think our stupidity ruined our time there though. Needles, CA - The best thing about Needles is the strip of motels that are cheaper than getting a campsite. Not only to you get an actual bed but you also get the Playboy ...