After doing the decent thing and speaking to the boys first thing in the morning (for us) and mid afternoon (for them) we had to spend the day recovering and relaxing from the fact that David was last dressed on Wednesday, allegedly, and Jonathan has mowed the lawn, watered the flowers and done a Sainsburys […]
Celebs or not, as the case may be
Yesterday we arrived in Santa Monica and after checking in walked down to the beach. We resisted the urge to demonstrate our prowess on “muscle beach” but watched the locals on the rings. Was impressed by the “shortie” that made a sand mountain to climb on so she could reach- that would have been me! […]
Fuschia envy . . . . and a touch of money
An early start and we set off down route 1, the pacific highway. It was so early it was still misty and reached the giddy heights of an English summer day! It’s a beautiful drive – we passed schools of elephant seals basking on a beach by the side of the road. Whilst the scenery […]
The “Fruit and Nut” State
So we left Yosemite and marvelled at its tranquility. We drove southwest through California and saw vast groves of trees – growing almonds and pistachio. We’ve never seen those before. I was reminded of the Mediterranean and Israel as there were stalls by the side of the road selling these nuts and cherries, strawberries, oranges, […]
Bugs but no bears!
So we finished off in San Francisco – got our photos of the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz and the bay. We picked up our car and just under 4 hours later we were in Yosemite national park. It was an easy drive and we didn’t get lost coming out of San Francisco thanks to Agnes […]
Chinese Chabad
So yesterday I mentioned how much cooler San Francisco was and indeed at times on the bus near the Golden Gate Bridge and Fisherman’s Wharf we were shivering in the breeze. Big oops – we still caught the sun, a bit too much (don’t tell the kids we were so irresponsible). Change of plan today […]
Arrived, toured, walked and survived!
Well despite that being our longest flight ever, it was fantastic. Even more amazing was that our luggage last seen at Manchester airport also successfully negotiated its transfer and made it too! We made it to our hotel and arrived about 16:30 local time. What a lovely hotel – look up its history online – […]
They’ve all flown the nest . . . . now it’s our turn!
So our children are all grown up and have had or are on their own holidays – without us now. I don’t know whether to be happy or sad! However it has meant that after 23 years Steven and I can go away as a couple again for more than just a few days, for […]