Got to the Hearst Castle Visitors Centre this morning bright and early ready for our tour, but first we saw a 40 minute video on how the place came about, which confirmed to me that Mr Hearst had way too much money and was very keen to make a name for himself in the social circles of American Society! I won't delve into the history of the place here (would be totally boring - you can Google him if you wish to find out more) but basically as a young boy W R He...

We landed in LA just after midday (still Saturday) and were quite quickly through Customs etc., and then thankfully our cases popped out onto the conveyor - quite a worry when you check the bags in at Perth and then don't see them for 35 hours! We caught a shuttle bus over to the Dollar Car Rental depot and were shocked to see 40+ people waiting to rent vehicles! But that was the easy part because after waiting 45 minutes to sign the papers we were told to he...

Rach picked us up at 8am to take us into catch the SouthWest Coachlines coach to Cockburn Central - it was a quick and comfortable trip and Katie and Layla were waiting for us when we arrived.Later on Jase braved the Friday afternoon traffic to take us out to the airport, arriving pretty early but that gave him a chance to get through the Roe Highway/Kwinana Freeway bottleneck before dark!!! Check in, bag drop and customs were done with quickly and then we had a ...

It was about 7.30am before I struggled out of bed this morning, feeling refreshed after a 12 hour sleep! Had a bit of a struggle to make a cup of tea, using the standard coffee machine to heat up some water and then resorting to bunging it into the microwave to make it hot enough to enjoy. After getting organised Jase and I walked about half a kilometre up to Sepulveda Boulevarde and found a Starbucks for a coffee and a muffin and then came back and got the car a...

A 3am rise for a shower and shave before Jase and I were picked up by Gateway Limousines (a nice easy arrangement with the business only 2 houses away) and whisked in style to the Domestic Terminal.After receiving our requested upgrades to Business Class we were able to use the Priority Check-in and quickly moved to security where my new wallet caused the security scanner to go off three times! Embarrassed!!! At least the staff in the upper class line didn't ...