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We’re coming home

15 May , 2011 No Comments Image Post

Because we didn’t have access to WiFi for long enough in our hotel (it was ridiculously priced!) I didn’t have time to write my blog on Hollywood and San Francisco, so I thought I’d do it now.

I’m currently in San Francisco International Airport where I get 45 minutes of free WiFi so I thought I’d write a quick blog before we board our plane for the 10 hour journey home.

Hollywood was busy, and full of crazy people. Within minutes of stepping onto the famous Walk of Fame some guy thrust a demo CD into my hand and somehow I gave him $3 for it! Basically got mugged with a smile. On the 2nd day we decided to go on a tour of the Warner Brothers studio where they have filmed thousands of famous tv shows and movies such as Friends, Chuck, The Ellen Show, The Matrix, Dukes of Hazzard, 2 and a Half Men, The Perfect Storm, The Yogi Bear Movie, Scooby Doo The Movie, and so many more. The best part was our tour guide explained that the same streets and sets on the studio backlot had been used in countless movies and tv shows. All they have to do is dress it up slightly differently each time!

After a long drive along the California Coast road and a stop over in a little coastal town called Monterey we reached our final destination San Francisco and had to say goodbye to our little car which had shared the journey with us.

San Francisco is an incredibly interesting place, and not just because it’s the hilliest city in the world! It has something for everyone, and also quite a few homeless people, most of which are completely nuts.

We spent the first day riding the Cable Cars and the Street Trolleys (Trams to the rest of the world), and the next day we had booked two amazing experiences. A Segway Tour of the city, and a journey to Alcatraz Island. The Segway trip was awesome and I highly recommend to anyone to try one if you get the opportunity, and Alcatraz Island was incredibly interesting and although I’m not normally a fan of the Audio Tours you can carry around in famous places, I don’t think I would of learnt so much about the prison and its history without the tour.

So we’ve come to the end of our holiday and the last of my Route 66 Roadtrip blogs, but if you’ve enjoyed reading about our travels then keep checking back as I fully intend to continue blogging about interesting things that happen in my daily life.

See you all soon!

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Tinseltown

12 May , 2011 No Comments Standard Post

SharonStone1I haven’t had a chance to write a blog while in LA as we have been using this as a chance to relax.

We are off to drive the California Coastal Highway tomorrow upto Monterey before continuing on to San Francisco. The next time i have Internet I will update you all on our time in Hollywood.

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Viva Las Vegas

10 May , 2011 1 Comment Image Post

After leaving Flagstaff and driving endlessly across what was a rather green looking desert (recent rainfall had transformed it), we arrived at the Hoover Dam which straddles the border between Nevada and Arizona, and also two different time zones (except in Daylight Savings Time).

We carried on through Boulder City into Las Vegas and after some hectic city driving and several wrong turns we arrived at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino and had our car valet parked. When we checked in we were upgraded free of charge to one of the larger luxury rooms with a view of the strip which was nice.

Las Vegas is an amazingly wonderful and daunting place, and I think one of the best ways I’ve heard it described is that it is like Disneyland for adults, and it couldn’t be closer to the mark. Everything is over sized and larger than life. We went into an M&M’s store which had over 4 large floors of merchandise dedicated to the chocolate candy’s!

We decided when we arrived to purchase a Buffet of Buffets wristband for $49.99 each which would give us 24 hours access to 7 buffet restaurants on the strip which turned out to be very worthwhile as we had dinner, breakfast, lunch and dinner which would of cost us $120 each which I would highly recommend anyone visiting Vegas does as things are quite pricey here.

On our second night we checked into the New York New York where we had booked the Marquis Suite which included a lounge area and hot tub for less then the price of a basic hotel room back home, with a view of the roller coaster which snakes in and out of the casino.

We did gamble a little bit of money, but only on the slot machines. I put $1 in and instantly won $10! I continued to lose and then win, but $20 later (this was my limit) I had lost more than I won and called it quits, the house always wins after all.

Tomorrow we are heading to the ‘City of Angels’ Los Angeles and staying in Hollywood for 2 nights.

P.S. While it wad very tempting, we didn’t elope to one of the many chapels scattered around the city!

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Cheddar gorge eat your heart out!

08 May , 2011 1 Comment Image Post

Today we visited… you guessed it! The Grand Canyon.

After a drive down the longest straightest road yet, we arrived at the Grand Canyon National Park. As we walked over to the rim of the Canyon I noticed the large amount of Japanese tourists, previously we haven’t really seen many tourists that weren’t amercian as Route 66 isn’t a massively popular trip for Europeans it turns out. When we first looked out over the canyon I couldn’t believe how vast it is, pictures just can’t show the sheer size and depth. In places it is over a mile from the rim of the Canyon to the Colorado River which flows through it’s centre.

The river itself is barely visible due to the steep sides of the canyon walls which hide it in all but one small spot. One thing that struck me was that it almost didn’t look real, like a painting, until I looked over the edge and saw the massive drop below me!

After we had taken in the sights and snapped lots of pictures we decided to stop off in a wildlife park called Bearizonia which is basically like Longleat but with more exotic animals including Black Bears, baby ones at that.

Tomorrow we head to Las Vegas via Peach Springs which is technically our last Route 66 stop (ignore my post from yesterday!) and is also the inspiration for Radiator Springs from the Disney Pixar movie cars, which as you may already know was our inspiration for booking this trip in the first place!

See you in Vegas!

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