Today we jumped on a local bus and headed to Santa Monica Pier.  We had a bit of a craving so we figured we'd have a yummy hot-dog for lunch.  Unfortunately the food on the pier wasn't the best and our hot-dogs looked like they had been made on one of those home hot-dog makers.  To top it off the wind blew all of our chips away, m...

Landed almost an hour early at 9.00am this morning.  The irony is that by the time we got off the plane we were later than if the plane had been on time because the airport wasn't ready for us! Picked up the hire car - asked for a Toyota, got a Chevy.  Did NOT want to drive anything that large, so swapped it back for a Toyota to the am...

Die letzten 3 Tage habe ich am Strand von Venice Beach verbracht. Das Wasser dort ist sehr frisch, der kilometerlange Strand fast leer und die Sonne heiss! An diesem Strand hat es tausend Touristenlaeden und Restaurants, ein bisschen weiter davon entfernt hat es - wie in Venedig -  Kanaele, auf welchen ein paar Leute in Kanus unterwegs sind...

the getty centre above beverley hills remains one of my favourite museums, so another visit was in order. we were lucky enough to go on a clear day, meaning for once smog didn´t obstruct our view across LA and over to the offshore islands. we also took in a few other ´cultural highlights´ namely the famous Felipe´s restaurant in downtown, the Sa...

Hi all, Sorry this is a bit late but we are now on Island Time and life has a much slower pace!! This is an update from LA and then I will get this week on tomorrow or the next day - whenever! Thursday 28th August - continued We got off the train about 7pm and our hotel for just one night was just a few blocks from the station in Little Tokyo on...