Back in LAfor the last couple of days. We took the car back on the Saturday and then went shopping at the Bevvverly Centre (get it Steve??) Then we went to the Farmer's Market which is a really cool shopping area, we came back there for dinner in the evening, went to a swanky Italian for food and a bottle of wine yum!! The last day we went back to the Farmer's Market for our last breakfast, waffles of course. Then we wandered around the shops and headed for...

Okey dokey. We set off in the morning for Death Valley. The scenery is so good. Basically all desert. We drove paractically all day through. There are snow capped mountains around, winding roads and lakes and canyons. Lots to see. We stopped off in a tiny town en route and got a massive piece of Berry pie, lush lush lush. Then we drove into Vegas about 10pm. We hadn't booked anything, not too sensible. We headed straight to the MGM Grand, you have to s...

Hello all, A postcard to tell you all about San Fran. We got there Saturday morning after driving from Monteray. We drove straight into San Fran which was dead scary because there are loads of one way streets, you can't turn left and you drive along with the trams. OMG!! My sense of direction is officially non existent. I can read maps but if i walk along a street and go into a shop, when i come out i'll head off in the wrong direction!! So i was not the ...

Hello one and all from April and Steve. Well the American holiday started a week ago today. I met steve at the airport, he was late in after a bomb scare in heathrow and had managed to board the plane 5 minutes before the gates closed after running all the way from the check in desk, but he made it!! We took the shuttle to our first hotel, The Farmer\'s Daughter. It was so fab. You pull up to a blue chequered hotel, there are lots of cowboy type decorat...

Hi everyone, Just a quick update this time, we're in LA baby!! It's fab here, looks just like it does in the movies. Everything is massive. On the way we checked on to our flight with JODECI, you know, Kay ci and jo jo. Can't even spell their names. I trampled through them and their luggage, not having a clue who they were and going up the wrong isle. They were less than impressed!! We then checked into Amercia at the airport in front of Ricky Jervai...