So I arrived last night (easy direct flight with US Airways, although no inflight entertainment for a nearly 6 hour flight, what's up with that!) and took a cab to the hostel. I know, I should have taken the bus especially since I was checking into a hostel, lol, but baby steps :) The hostel (booked through Airbnb) has a great location and I'm booked into a four person female dorm. The other ladies seem nice, one of which is a British lady around my age who is t...

I've been living in the US for over 7 years and always dreamed of visiting the West Coast. I've also always known that a few days vacation was just not going to be enough once I finally got out there (after all the flight time is almost as long as it is back to the UK) so when I started looking at those places in the world I really wanted to visit with my 6 months of travel, California was almost at the top of my list. The next question was where exactly on the...