Exploring South Bay (2): Southern California, Day 17 (2 August 2017)

“Free” morning – and lunch While Trudy and Carter spent the morning walking their dogs, Len and I did some last-minute errands, during which we had a cuppa at the local Barnes and Noble Starbucks. I checked the shelves for a few Aussie authors, and found Liane Moriarty (of course – she’s big here), Charlotte … Read more

Mooching around: Southern California, Days 12 and 13 (28 and 29 July 2017)

A morning in Old Towne Orange – and more Orange County is, as I’ve said before, an interesting place – full of cities with their own histories. One of these is Orange and, as I mentioned earlier in this blog, I do love to visit Old Towne Orange Historic District. We didn’t take as many photos … Read more

Quiet Day: Southern California, Day 8 (24 July 2017)

We made no critical plans for today, as Carolyn had a tradesman coming to replace a major part of her ailing air conditioning system. Carolyn did encourage us to stick with our tentative plan of going to Old Towne Orange, but we decided to wait and play it by ear. Old Towne Orange Historic District … Read more

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