Americans, food, people giving away free CDs for tips, tour buses, signs and street names, information on how much to tip, lots of roads and lanes shooting off in different directions, large designer shops, two teas = two giant pots of tea, really skinny Americans, really fat Americans, you must wear suit trousers when you fly, queues in the airport = only us queuing! Big beaches, you have to pay for hugs and s*** advice! King size beds, long debates on gender of...

Today was the day we went to visit Universal Studios. We were both excited however didnt know what to expect. Sophie had heard there were rides and games whereas I had heard it was a tour backstage where the films are shot. To our surprise we were both right! We were collected at our hotel and taken straight to the Universal Studios where we were given tickets on arrival meaning no queuing for us!! We walked straight in to be greeted by "cooling zones", yes that...

We spent the first day on a tour of LA as we didn't have a clue where anything was or what there was in LA! Our first stop was Hollywood and we followed the walk of stars down to the Chinese theatre, where I stood in Donald Ducks feet and Martin in Arnold Schwarzenegger - we all know who's the coolest! Next on the bus for a tour starting with Marina del Rey; a large port with barely room to drive your boat around. Next Venice Beach aka muscle beach where we had l...

We arrived in Los Angeles our final destination! After an hour of so trying to escape the airport we were in a fluster when Al the taxi driver grabbed us to take us to our hotel the Beverly Hills Hilton! After walking for ten minutes through several car parks I started to suspect Al wasn't a taxi driver after all. Never the less we hiked to his green car with a massive dent in the side and threw our bags in the back. While I was in the back wondering where Al mig...