Today we farewelled the mainland of the USA, but first a stroll along the coast was called for. After getting our way to Venice Beach we walked our way back along the foreshore path like so many have done before us. We started looking around Venice Beach, watching the paddle board tennis games being played. Emily asked why don't they just play tennis. I said "I guess because this is Venice Beach and that's what they do". A bit further up we found Muscle Beach, th...

After a long Uber ride in LA traffic we arrived at today's entertainment destination, Universal Studios. This is located in the hills behind Hollywood and is big enough to have its own postcode, police and fire departments. It appeared to be not very busy which was a win for us as this meant not having long queues for the rides. Once we got through security and the gate we headed straight for the back lot tour. This is when you sit in a cart and they show you the...

Today we headed for the Hollywood hills and Griffith Observatory. This began with the Big Bus at Santa Monica and then a long journey to Hollywood. On the way we saw a few new things. The LA county decided to help some homeless people tidy up so they brought a dump truck and 4 police cars to help. I don't think they really wanted to but it was going to happen. We changed bus routes to get to Hollywood, passing Melrose Avenue and Paramount pictures again. We got o...

Big Bus day to Beverly Hills, 90210. We jumped on at Santa Monica pier and started our tour, heading south to Venice Beach. The sun was shining and there was a small shore break rolling in as we arrived at the home of LA's surf culture. Quiksilver, Hurley and other brands all have their head office in Venice so the tour guide said. From here we headed east away from the coast along palm tree lined roads as we headed for the hills and Hollywood. It was interesting...

As we rose for our last day in Disneyland the kids were very excited. Today was droid day. Stacey, Sue, Emily, Matilda and I would be making our own droids. The discussion was based around which model would you make. Emily being a newbie to the franchise was going with a BB series as she already has a small BB-8 at home. Stacey, Sue and I are old school and Matilda wanted to join us making the R series. After dropping past a few stores on Main Street we made our ...