Sailing and sightseeing: Southern California, Days 4-5 (20-21 July 2017)

Anaheim is not just Disneyland Muzeo On Day 4 we visited a new place to us – but not to Carolyn – the Muzeo Museum and Cultural Centre in Anaheim (which is most famous as the home of the original Disneyland). Carolyn had discovered the Muzeo when it had a very popular exhibition recently, Dressing … Read more

Shopping, Driving, Eating: Southern California, Days 2-3 (18-19 July, 2017)

As you will have realised, our frequency of posting is slowing down as we slip into the more relaxed living-the-local-life part of our holiday. Now, if you don’t know Los Angeles, you won’t know that what most people think is Los Angeles is really a huge  megalopolopolopolis (!), comprising counties and cities galore. Our first … Read more

Our second home: Southern California, Day 1 (17 July 2017)

It was a hot day today, already 28°C in Bishop before 9am, so we quickly made our way to the popular and pretty healthy Looney Bean Cafe just around the corner from our, hmm, average motel, and had a tasty light(ish) breakfast. (I had a Quinoa bowl with sweet potato, egg and avocado). Then it … Read more

Hot, hot, hot: Sacramento, Day 3 (15 July 2017)

(Apologies to those who saw the early publishing of this post in draft form … some trigger fingers were at play!) The business of travel Due to a mix-up regarding accessing laundry facilities at our apartment, we decided to use a laundromat two blocks away, and it turned out to be a very interesting experience. … Read more