OFF TO LOS ANGELES TO SEE MY ANGELS

I will be away for a few weeks so forgive me if I am too busy to post or comment. 

LAST DAY USA

Finally we had reached the west coast after travelling all the way from the east coast by bus. We booked into the Marriot Hotel in LA and then the whole group had our last dinner together at "Bubba Gump Shrimp Co." on the Santa Monica Pier. All 50 of us were friends now and we had a very jovial dinner.

Where the famous Route 66 ended and where we ended our tour too.  What a fabulous trip it was I'm sure you would agree.

Some of our group donned their maddest hat for the last night including our guide 2nd from right at the back. We said good bye to our new friends back here at the hotel as we were not doing the last  day's tour of LA with them, instead we were going to spend one last day with our young family. We had seen the places that the group were visiting in LA before the tour started.

 The day that we arrived back at Sonya and Bernie's place was the same day that little Fox took his first steps. We were so thrilled to see this milestone in his development.

"Look at me I'm walking!"

Look at him go, no stopping him now.

"This way Pappa"

For lunch we went to the Farmers' Market in West Hollywood just a few blocks away from Sonya's home.

Bye , bye my little darling see you soon in Sydney.

Bernie has being doing auditions in LA and he is hoping to get acting work there but in the meantime his agent in Australia told him Channel 7 wanted him to host another series of Beauty and the Geek. A good deal was arranged which included flights, accommodation and car for the whole family. So our little family have been back in Sydney at the moment for seven weeks but they return to LA soon.

BACK IN BRISBANE

After a whirlwind, five week tour of USA we are back home. Tours are fun but it is always good to get home. We left for LA from Brisbane on 8 June.  We were picked up at the airport by our daughter, Sonya and SIL Bernie, who now live in West Hollywood. It was great to see them again and especially our little grandson, Fox.

 We left Brisbane at 10:55 am on Wednesday 8 June.

 We flew for 13 hours, mostly in the dark and arrived in LA at 7:00 am on Wednesday 8 June. Talk about travelling back in time!

 The long flight was worth it to see this gorgeous little fellow.

All together in LA.

 We visited the interactive Science Centre. Fox is obsessed with pressing buttons so he loved it there.

 They took us to The Getty Center, a collection of buildings perched on a hill in Brentwood overlooking LA. The buildings house a huge collection of art works, it is a grand museum/art gallery. There is also a research centre, a conservation centre and the Getty Foundation. The gardens are a treat too. I was chuffed to see the painting, 'Irises' by Vincent van Gogh.

On other days we visited 'The Grove' an open air mall and...

Pasadena Flea market. It is huge. There is a big population of Mexican people and they are fascinated by the fair haired, blue eyed Fox, who was supposed to be having a nap but it was all too interesting......

especially when Grossvati was arrested by the CA Police.

I was so lucky to meet up with a blogger friend from LA. Sara has a very nice blog, "Come Away With Me", she has poetic prose and artistic photos. She often discusses art and books, which she adores. Sara and the musician were so kind to drive over to meet us. She gave me a hand knitted scarf and gave the family, a bag of home grown avocados. It is fun to meet a real live blogger friend from the other side of the world.