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

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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

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

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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)

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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

Amtrak dreaming, or, why I like road trips (12 July 2017)

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Ain’t travel fun? We’ve flown, and had to wait for an hour on the tarmac in Sydney after arrival because of a broken plane at our gate. We’ve tried Greyhound and experienced delays for who knows what reasons. And now we’ve gone Amtrak. It started off well, leaving Seattle pretty much on time, soon after … Read more