Life in LA land

L.A is Urban Sprawl gone mad! Its like everyone wants to live in the same place in a 3 bed house on their own piece of 600sqm land. So what do they do - just go nuts and spread all the houses out! Then put in major highways to connect everyone. So then it takes 1 - 2 hours just to get to work. Public Transport exists here - but is very sporadic!

Yesterday we went out to Universal Studios at Universal City which is an hour and half drive from Anaheim and we are still in L.A. As we were driving out there we went through Hollywood and Beverly Hills. The Hollywood sign came up really quick and missed the opportunity to take the photo shot! But in Universal Studios they had a mock up sign so we took a photo of that! The theme park was good we got to experience where all the major movies are made. However I must say that our Movie World is a lot more fun then Universal Studios.

Been hanging out with Josh and Cheryl (friends from Springfield Masters Commission) and they have been showing us around - its been awesome. We go to church tomorrow with them. Josh gave me his car to drive around. It was freaky at first as we have no sat nav we just rely on printing out directions from Google maps. Once you have the directions its all so well signed and its quite hard to get lost.

We trudged through Disneyland today. Both Jo and I were so tired from walking all day yesterday through Universal Studios that we just didn't have the energy to fully experience Disneyland. I have been before, so we just went and did the best rides and then walked through the rest of the park to experience the ambience of Disneyland.

At our hotel (Hilton next door to Disneyland) there is the national cheerleading championships. Oh my God - we are invaded with screaming 14 - 17 year old girls all dressed in their uniforms and running around the hallways and riding the lifts etc. We thought we could get away from them by getting into Disneyland - but alas our fortune was misconcieved! Disneyland was absolutely packed. One of the better rides - Splashmountain, the wait line was over 2 hours - just to get on a 5 min ride. We might head back in later tonight to see the fire works and ride some more rides - as the park is open untiil midnight.

We wind our clocks forward another hour tonight as LA goes into Daylight Savings. So if you are reading this in Australia our time difference is 7 hours in front but on the previous day.

Jo was going nuts today all through Disneyland taking a whole heap of photos. She was taking random photos of just anything - trees, pavement, signs, little kids, straws, rubbish bins? What the? Who knows what goes through that cute little head of hers!

We are having a great time and look forward to hearing from you!