I'm lying in bed typing this, and I can occasionally hear the strange cracking sound from the electric street-car cables outside our window, or I can when Sal stops snoring! We're in San Francisco, the city of trams, hills, gays, hippies, and Alcatraz! We arrived yesterday afternoon, but we were sad to have spent so little time in Seattle. The B&B which we stayed in was fantastic; gorgeously decorated, designed, and furnished, impeccably clean, a beautiful h...

Well we are half way to Aus. Sat in the lounge at LA airport after a very pleasant flight from Heathrow. Caught up on football Wolves good - Liverpool bad! Cricket score prompted scowls from the Aussies around us. Best get used to that if an Ashes victory is on the cards. Next stop Sydney & fingers crossed sunshine. Ps transit through US airports should be avoided where possible - such a faff!!