California Palms Santa Ana

Today Sarah and I went shopping at Downtown Disney and Disneyland where we took too much advantage of a 20% off voucher at the Disney stores, so we won't tell you how much we spent, but we saved US$55! On the way out I managed to stop Mickey Mouse as he was leaving the photo spot for a break by putting my arm around ...

... happened to escape and run amuck around the audience. ( of course this thrilled Karon as everyone knows she simply LOVES mice NOT!) So from there, Rick managed to convince his keeper that he had to try the Cotton Candy because it might be different than Fairy Floss and it required to be tested, I am sure you all would agree! Gee so much excitement and yet more to come.

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... Star Wars fans is the Jedi Training School show. Although Zac was not primed for it, he was sucked in straight away. The Jedi knights arrive amongst all kinds of fanfare & smoke with the sole role of picking out kids for the audience to train with them. About thirty kids are picked. This was one of the big advantages of the weather - there was still plenty of competition, but the odds were much more favourable on being picked than what ...

... had chosen me as a "special" passenger. Technicaly it meant that they had to search and touch every cm of my body as well as my hand luggae. A thing that normally would have taken 2 min, in fact took... 40 damn minutes! I was dreaming to go for a coffee. It was just the beginnings of my very long day. It was after 5 am. I had 6 hours of flight, a few thousand miles and 3 time zones to be done...

... was warm! I knew instinctively it was the Hollywood Hills, and then I spotted the famous sign on the hillside. I am only metres away from the interscetion of Sunset and Santa Monica Boulevards...see what I mean? We all already have images of these places. That's the projection of Empire. What do I think of LA so far? Well it sprawls out across the plain, it's not as hilly as SF, the traffic is heavier and more ...

... great art and Austrian efficiency. Rome and Damascus You could spend days in each getting lost, which I did. Favorite Towns: Obviously these are smaller than cities. Mardin, Turkey I just keep thinking about this little hillside town Hoi An, Vietnam Try to leave after one night...impossible! Monemvasia, Greece Another hillside town that always creeps into my thoughts. Amalfi, Italy There is a theme developing for hillside towns with a view ...

... the score board and we were only down by one, when did that happen? THE TEAM PULLED IT OFF!! I can't believe we beat them, thats what they get for being complacent, concieted, rich little ********s with a bunch of fan's that have ****** attitudes. I HATE THE HUSKIES!!! I can't explain it enough here. If you want to know exactly how much I hate them, you'll have to ask in person but understand that I get REALLY worked up over the whole thing. **** the Huskies. Go home.

... partie de plaisir... Je tue le temps du mieux que je peux, avec comme seul contact humain qui m'a permis d'ouvrir la bouche durant toutes ces heures, une conversation avec un couple de retraite Francais qui revenait d'un 3 mois en Polynesie...les chanceux! Ca m'a calme un peu de leur parler. Je me suis dit que deja j'avais pu facilement faire une rencontre alors ce sera surement le cas aussi une fois en Inde. Enfin, plus que 2 heures avant le ...

... was very close to Disneyland, you could probably walk there even though there is a trolley/shuttle that runs around town. Continental breakfast downstairs was good and free. The hotel pool was tiny and rooms were basic but it all served the purpose. They gave me a airline rate of $57. The LAX Holiday Inn didn't offer any free breakfast but was right next to the airport.