We could see the sail boats in the bay from our room so we went to have a look at them after we'd checked out. Dan bought ahackeysakand we played in the street for about an hour, with randoms joining in too. Went back to the Gaslamp Quarter to look in Urban Outfitters and other cool shops then drove over Coronado Bridge, across San Diego Bay, which looks like a rollercoaster, to Imperial Beach, where we sat for an hour. Imperial Beach is reminiscent of ...

We were all excited to go to San Diego Zoo, which is set in Balboa Park. Its a lovely zoo, although very hilly so we were all tired after a few hours... I couldn't wait to see the giant pandas - there were 3 of them and they were absolutely gorgeous. Madisson kept saying 'teddy bear' all the time, and they did look just like cuddly toys! We stayed about 7 hours in total. Tonight we went to the Gaslamp Quarter, whihc is the old part of town, and has...

Matt arrange for us to go on jet skis for an hour on the lake,so we drove down to the channel about 3pm. He gave us a few pointers and we strapped life jackets and got on. Dan drove at first and got used to it a bit then speeded up so we were both screaming and laughing. It's amazing! There weren't that many boats or jet skis out on the lake but when we turned to go round the island and down there were a few more, and when you get caught in a speedboat's wa...

Today we got up at 9am to watch the Engalnd game and then found out that it was on at 6am! But they did win though. So we decide to go back to bed as jet lag had started to kickin. Slept until 2pm! This timewe actually made it to Beverly Hills (after 2 bus rides). The place is full of Ferarris, Lambourghini and Bentleys and the shops on Rodeo Drive were scarily expensive,just as I thought. Went for the bus back to Hollywood, but I insisted on getti...

We set out to go to Berverly Hills this morning bt got somewhat distracted by the delights of Hollywood. In front of the Kodak Theatre and the adjacent Chinese Theatre were (apart from lots of tourists) were people dressed up as movie characters posing for photos. There were alsomany camera crews. We immediately got accosted by a guy who asked us if we wanted free audience tickets to the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson; no idea who are what they are but it was...