Time for a catchup!

Things have been a bit quiet on the blog front, so I'd better post an update...

Our princess in hollywood, as promised:

 

After LA, we swapped our little convertible for an enormous Chevy Suburban SUV, and hit the road for San Diego (with one more stop off at Disneyland for good measure!)

Flying by the seat of our pants as usual, we rolled into San Diego with no accommodation pre-booked. We wandered around and found a place called the Handlery Hotel, which ended up being exactly what we needed - our room stepped straight onto the (huge) pool, where Caitlin and Estella made some new friends, and on our second night they even had a live band poolside!
Seaworld San Diego was great fun, but by the end of the day we were all theme-parked out.

Given how close we were to Mexico, we decided to slip over the border for lunch in Tijuana... If you're in that neck of the woods my advice would be "Don't bother!!" Apparently it used to be a happening place, but since the rise of the criminal cartels, there's an eerie air of dread around the almost empty streets on the Mexico side of the border. Still, we pushed on to the main street and stopped in for a bite of lunch. Not sure if it was authentic, but as far as Mexican food goes, we had much better in Hawaii and later in New Orleans...

As we came back across the border after lunch, the US Customs guy was quite amused that we were there... wondering if perhaps we'd got lost and accidentally stumbled across to Mexico!

Next stop... Vegas!