Ok, firstly LA was awesome! Secondly, this might be a bit long, much to write. The day after we arrived, we drove to Rodeo drive and looked at more shops that had stuff we could never afford and earned ourselves more looks of disapproval. As we made our way to Hollywood Blvd (for the walk of fame) we were talked into doing a bus tour (only after we talked him into lowering the price). The tour took us to all the LA hotspots, including the houses of the stars ...

We flew into Phoenix from Miami and picked up a car. After my wallet was stolen in Rome, I didn't have a licence and obviously they wouldn't let me drive without it so it was up to Laura to do all the driving. Scary stuff. The drive from Phoenix to the Grand Canyon was about 4 hours. That afternoon we went on a helicopter ride over the Canyon, absolutely amazing. It's the only way to see the Canyon properly. The next morning we were off to Las Vegas, another ...

Currently sitting out the front of our Miami hotel, waiting for the shuttle to take us to the airport. Miami itself is pretty cool, the hotel we stayed at.. that's another story. What do do in Miami : Drink, shop, drink, beach, drink. We had cocktails with our meal last night, the biggest cocktails we have ever seen. 36 ounces or 1 litre. We managed to swim through it, just. Most of our time here was spent shopping or just lounging down at the beach, our rela...

I had a whole post written out, but when I submitted it, it just logged me out and didn't submit, due to laziness I'm just gonna give a quick recap of time in New York. Our hotel wasn't far from Times Square and Broadway. On the first day, we did a fair amount of shopping (Mum, Dad, just so you know, there's a box on it's way home) before meeting up with some of Lauras friends that she worked with in Japan. After we left them, we went up to the 102nd floor of t...

Barcelona, our final stop in Europe before heading to America. In terms of cleanliness and the friendliness of the locals, Barcelona is a major step up. Unlike Paris and Rome and Athens, Barcelona was clean and you could walk the streets at night without wondering whether or not that hooker was following you. The lack of gypsies pestering you every five minutes is a relief too. Went on another hop-on-hop-off bus tour, cruised around the city the first day, saw...