END OF THE ROAD (WELL, ROUTE 66 ANYWAY) DAY 4: Santa Monica to Santa Barbara Sunshine at last! We headed straight for the beach to catch some much needed rays after checking out of the hotel. After an hour or so we decided to take advantage of the long stretch of cycle paths along the beachfront, so Jen hired some roller boots and me a tricycle chopper. I want to get one. I felt like I was a kid again, it was great fun. I didn't get a flag though. Jen held o...

SCREAMING LIKE A GIRL AT UNIVERSAL DAY 3: Universal Studios, LA Today we decided to take on Universal Studios. I'm so glad we didn't pay the extra 50 bucks for the queue jump pass as we didn't queue for anything once, accept the studio tour which was a 15 minute wait, but that was ok. I think the weather had scared people off, but it worked out well for us as it was pretty dead. I can't imagine it's ever been like that so we considered ourselves lucky. The s...

MONKEYING AROUND ON SANTA MONICA BEACH DAY 2: LA; Santa Monica, Venice Beach, Beverly Hills, Hollywood The weather looked much better when we woke up from our 10 hour sleep this morning only for it to revert to cool and overcast again by the time we finished breakfast. We then decided to check out our local surroundings and strolled the four miles or so from Santa Monica Beach to Venice Beach and back. On Santa Monica Beach Jen challenged me to a go on the m...

A DENTIST FOR CHICKENS DAY 1: London to Los Angeles In search of the airline Holy Grail (aka free upgrade) and discussing our blagging tactics en route to Heathrow, we were lucky to even end up sat together on our flight as we arrived a bit late, courtesy of the ever reliable M25. Because of this there weren't two seats available together so we were forced into playing our 'we're on our honeymoon' joker card early on in our trip. After subtly dropping into co...