Oakwood Irvine

For those of you who are unaware, I'm about to embark upon an "avventura in Sicilia". I have enrolled in a school called "The Mediterranean Center for Arts and Sciences", located in Siracusa, Sicily, Italy where I will be studying abroad for the next five months. More on that in my next post though. Right now, I want to address what the hell thi...

Day 27 Sunday December 7th It's another lazy Sunday afternoon. A couple of hours ago, Paul, Amanda and I went out to breakfast (even though it was gone 12) and had the most delicious french toast with cream cheese, fresh fruit, bacon, eggs and a basket of flavoured teas. That's what Sundays are all about! On Friday, Erika was here visiting from ...

Just so ya know, this is Joel typing this one. We got up, ate breakfast, went to the bathroom, packed up, checked out-Amy just told me this is toooo much detail-sorry!! Anyway, we did check out of Newport Beach and relocated to Irvine, only 20 minutes away with no traffic. Travel time out here is listed 2 ways NT and WT(no traffic, with traffic)...

Tassa paivassa oli jo hieman teemaa havaittavissa. Jatkettiin koko paiva ajamista ja ajettiin kaikkien Losin rantojen ohitse alkaen Malibusta ja Laguna Beachilta sit kaannyttiin kohti Anaheimia ja yosijaa. Nahtiin upeiden talojen lisaksi tulipaljon jalkia Malibussa ja jokaista vastaantulijaa tuijotettiin tarkkaan josko se saattaisi olla joku jul...

A whole day in LA, which is a whole day longer than I'd like, is what awaited me today. After a large breakfast we all headed back into LA - BG, BG's mum and I were having a wander round the city. We went round some sites and checked out the Disney Concert Hall. This is a pretty spectacular building and the acoustics inside are amazing. Would be...

Hello, and a very quick entry on the day we make our way from LA to Oxford. I'm sorry I haven't got round to writing for such a long time, but as I said before, I haven't had the time because we've been too busy, and haven't had the chance one way or another. We've had a wonderful time in the United States, it's been all too short. We did Vegas,...

Okay, so now I'm in L.A. but I feel the need to bang on about New York for quite a while longer. I'm always a few days behind on this thing anyway, and not much of interest has happened yet in L.A. Well, a few things, and a few I can embellish, but you'll have to wait. Brooklyn, in the rain, the sodding wet rain, the consistent solid rain, the r...

Well, it's still 36 hours until I leave for Tokyo, but I thought I would open up my new travelogue for business in anticipation. Rather than traveling with journal I'm travelling high tech this trip. I'll keep a log here of all the places I see, people I meet, experiences and whatnot rather than write it all out long hand. Which will save me ret...

Day 1 (Sat, Apr 23, 2005) DH and I took the kids to Orange County to see The Lion King (DS had not seen it). We checked in at the Mariott Suites. We had a great dinner at Il Fornaio in the "wine cellar room." The show was great! DD loved seeing it again, and DS's eyes were so big seeing the realistic characters come to life. Day 2 (Sun, Apr 24, ...

Hello! Didnīt get off to a good start in L.A. Customs took well over an hour. I think the customs guy must have been bullied at school. Next was the shuttle minibus to our hotel where the driver went round and round the airport until he had more that just us in the back. Another hour. The hotel was naff and the staff were far too over friendly, ...