Days Inn Santa Monica Blvd

... and repacking of our much despised suitcases.<br><br>15/11/2009 - We woke up the next morning to another beautiful sunny day and couldn't resist heading back down to Venice Beach for the last time. We stopped off at the infamous Muscle Beach, where I was hoping Jim would lift weights with some of the bodybuilders, but no joy - he chickened out after seeing the size of them.<br><br>We walked up to Main Street to catch the bus home, and wished that we could ...

... rides including The Pirates of the Caribbean, Splash Mountain, Indiana Jones, Big Thunder Mountain railway, Matterhorn Bobsleds and last but certainly not least, Space Mountain (freaky - but the coolest by far!). We also spent a large part of the day wet as they put James in the front of the log ride. He weighed about 20kg more than all other riders therefore ...

... a 2lb lobster. He came after us, and finished before me!!! What!?!??!?! OK... he clearly did not clean out the lobster the way I did!<br><br>As our server was so impressed, I had to ask him if he had seen any other guests clean out their lobster better than me!!! To my dismay, it is apparently quite common for the East Coast guests to tackle the lobsters the way I do. OKlah.... they live near Maine... the home of lobsters!!! Fair enough.... I'll ...

... komplett zugestellt mit Autos und Bussen, die nicht mehr fahrb**eit aussahen, dafür ab** rundh**um An- und Aufbauten hatten..<br><br>Die naechsten 3 Tage in Santa Monica waren dann sehr schoen. D** Strand ist irre breit und lang, d** geht bestimmt bis Malibu so durch. Am Strand sind tatsaechlich solche Muckibuden, wie man sie aus dem TV kennt. Und die Rettungsschwimm**-Haeuschen mit den roten Boyen ala Baywatch. Die Sonnenunt**gaenge sind unglaublich schoen hi**..Und auf dem ...

... It was all very reminiscent of Pretty Woman though.<br><br>Dinner again at BJ's Grill and then we walked back to the hotel along the beach and very nearly got drowned as the waves are really up high tonight.<br><br>Emma says: The museum was the best one she has ever been too and she couldn't believe that mummy didn't want to go shopping on Rodeo drive - that must be a first. Missed my boogie boarding today but will be out tomorrow morning bright and early. <br>

The trip to Santa Monica was a little troublesome due t o some problems with the cabin pressure, but we arrived safely. The sky was cloudy last night, but will be clear tonight. We have contacted the Santa Monica Astronomy Club, and they will be meeting us on the beach at 9:00p.m. tonight. The forcast is clear, and we are looking forward to some great views of the planet Neptune.

... his visa was legitimate. Finally we were able to go! Before we left though, we both nudged each other back and forth, deciding if we should go ask for an autograph or not. Flic worked up the courage to go say hi to them and see if they would give an autograph, cause hey? What did we have to lose if they said no? Surprisingly, Peter was really very nice, shaking our hands and enquiring all about our trip and where we were from! His wife Katie/Jordan sort of gave us the ...

... you an update on the last few days.... Left LA Hostel on Sat morning, and got car. Drove down to San Diego, through OC etc, and got to a place called Pacific Beach. Stayed in a hostel ON the beach. Ended up going out in that town, and stumbled across a random (USA) Football bar. This bar was the official supporters bar for that city for the team playing. (Oklahoma which is 2600 miles away ha ha). Everytime they scored a touch down they played loads of music and clapped, made loads ...

... chopped salad for lunch - forget dinner. Well that's LA. Off to San Diego in the morning - Mike said it was a "nightmare version of Perth" so I am curious. Apparently we are going to an afternoon fiesta on a ranch in Mexico too. Will report when I can. I doubt he has wireless in his house, so it may be Monday from the hotel in Riverside. But we shall see. I have to go back and catch up on some gaps in this story too. "and it's goodnight from him".

After another early morning swim and a really good breakfast of fruit, yoghurt and porridge, we took the bus to Mosaic Canyon, which was only 2 or 3 miles away but you can't really walk anywhere because of the heat. We hiked through the narrow canyon that was marble walls at some points, it was so smooth that on the way back down you actually had to sit on it and slide down! Daniel showed us many points where there had been earthquakes and you could actually see where ...