Glad to hear you are enjoying my country. Hope you have lots of more fun to come! :^)
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Glad you like the country. Please remember to clean up after yourself when you are done.
You need to go to China town in san fran, some great food there
am still having a great time
spent the afternoon on a tour of s.fran - bloody hilly - understatement eh?
all eating far too much (it is, i'm told - the American Dream)...my son has had approx 40 pancakes with maple syrup (for breakfast so far)
we've also travelled approx 2400 miles since getting here - visited four states, seen 25 airports, countless McDonalds(trying to avoid eating in them)....listened to approximately 100hrs of music on mp3 player and spent 60hrs on coach(bus)....filmed approx four hrs of footage for dvd, and taken over 300 camera pictures...oh yeah, and watched the red sox on hotel tv four times while out here (which is more red sox games than i get to see in a whole season back home on english tv)
bought some nfl gear at pier39. going out to alcatraz tomorrow and then the day after to san simeone, then anaheim (disney adventure park) and LA to finish next weds....
have to say that the place that blew me away wasn't G.Canyon (altough it was pretty awesome) and Yosemite was great too! - no - the most unspoilt and beautiful place of all those we've seen was Sedona - this was the location of many old western films and remains a thing of beauty - Arlene - you may remember the 'vistas' from many John Wayne movies....
i hope no-one is offended by my upbeat tone (after what has happened in London today) - i am thinking about my countrymen, but at the same time i'm not sacrificing a moment's enjoyment on this holiday we've looked forward to for so long...
apols for 'going on a bit' - but this country is just incredible....
regards to all, one 'very blown away' QZoner...
Brenski
Sounds like you are having a blast. Glad you got to see the vistas of Sedona.
Where have you been downing pancakes? The International House of Pancakes (or IHOP as we USAers say is great), so is Denny's, Bob's Big Boy.
Hope you have the time of your life in L.A. Remember to have hot dogs and curly fries with cheese and chilli at ''The Tail Of The Pup'', and see all the Hollywood Walks of Fame, with Queen, and the movie stars handprints.
If you can, try to get in on one of the FREE tapings of ''The Tonight Show'' or any of the talk shows taped out there. They're free to the public. Also Disneyland and ...
...Universal Studios with the ''Psycho'' Norman Bates Motel set and the ''Jaws'' ride. ENJOY!
okay -i'm home and severly 'lagged' but staying awake to fight it - so here's my summary of all things USA from the 'Brenski US Tour 05'
1. san diego - nice and a old-style mexican feel
2. willaims - onehorse town - horse evidently shot abotu 40 yrs ago
3. phoenix - hotter than the fucking sun
4. sedona - if you can't see the undeniable beauty in this place, then you have no soul
5. vegas - well it's 'vegas'!!! how much money can you squeeze into one small place? glitzy, tacky and FUN-FUN-FUN!!! and July 4th on July 4th...what more can a traveller ask for?
6. yosemite - bloody huge. can't you americans choose any other option other than 'supersize'?
7. g canyon - awesome - but see 'yosemite' above
8. san fran - nice in places, and hills that went on forever. bad case of beggars and homelessness. also got to ride cablecar agggghhh!!!
9. LA - bloody gridlocked!!! but fun! and BHills and Hollywood were 'interesting'
10. LAX airport - sorry to say - the worst airport i've ever been in!! - and i've been in at least 25! chaos reigns supreme!!
overall though - i loved your country
loved the pancakes - came back after 16 days only having put on 1lb in weight.
travelled 5995miles to get there and 5995 back, and 2330 while there....
got some great dvds, some nice red sox and patriots gear , watched the allstar game in a bar in LA...and bought ANATO on dvd-a
great holiday, will look at east coast - NY,New Eng and Niagra next.....maybe take in a patriots game
1. san diego - nice and a old-style mexican feel
2. willaims - onehorse town - horse evidently shot abotu 40 yrs ago
3. phoenix - hotter than the fucking sun
4. sedona - if you can't see the undeniable beauty in this place, then you have no soul
5. vegas - well it's 'vegas'!!! how much money can you squeeze into one small place? glitzy, tacky and FUN-FUN-FUN!!! and July 4th on July 4th...what more can a traveller ask for?
6. yosemite - bloody huge. can't you americans choose any other option other than 'supersize'?
7. g canyon - awesome - but see 'yosemite' above
8. san fran - nice in places, and hills that went on forever. bad case of beggars and homelessness. also got to ride cablecar agggghhh!!!
9. LA - bloody gridlocked!!! but fun! and BHills and Hollywood were 'interesting'
10. LAX airport - sorry to say - the worst airport i've ever been in!! - and i've been in at least 25! chaos reigns supreme!!
overall though - i loved your country
loved the pancakes - came back after 16 days only having put on 1lb in weight.
travelled 5995miles to get there and 5995 back, and 2330 while there....
got some great dvds, some nice red sox and patriots gear , watched the allstar game in a bar in LA...and bought ANATO on dvd-a
great holiday, will look at east coast - NY,New Eng and Niagra next.....maybe take in a patriots game
Hey Martin! Welcome back home. Glad to hear you had a great time. Sounds like the pancakes were the best part of visiting the USA!
Did you get to see in Hollywood, The Walk of fame, the Rock Walk, and Grauman's Chinese Theater, all that have the handprints of the stars...including Queen?
Did you get to visit Universal Studios, The House of Blues and Johnny Depp's Viper Room and eat at Tail of The Pup?
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Did you get to see in Hollywood, The Walk of fame, the Rock Walk, and Grauman's Chinese Theater, all that have the handprints of the stars...including Queen?
Did you get to visit Universal Studios, The House of Blues and Johnny Depp's Viper Room and eat at Tail of The Pup?
More details on L.A.! Tell me all about L.A.!
didn't see Queen prints/star on walk of fame
but did see my hero - John wayne's prints
also went to Universal - the backlot tour was brilliant, and some nice touches - esp the water stuff
went to disney - california park (we had done the main disney stuff in Paris about seven years ago)
but calif was scary...my wife persuaded me to ride the 'twilight zone elevator of terror' and (for someone who has great trouble with ANY heights) - esp when some teenager managed to 'die briefly' in florida one the same ride on the smae day!!! it was fucking-shit-yer-pants scary!!!! but i did it!!! - i think my stomach is still in Anaheim!!!
Arlene - i really loved the west coast tour, and the USA in general, will definitely be planning an east coast tour for next year, maybe take in a patriots game (would be nice after 21 years of them being my 'crap team' turned good)
but did see my hero - John wayne's prints
also went to Universal - the backlot tour was brilliant, and some nice touches - esp the water stuff
went to disney - california park (we had done the main disney stuff in Paris about seven years ago)
but calif was scary...my wife persuaded me to ride the 'twilight zone elevator of terror' and (for someone who has great trouble with ANY heights) - esp when some teenager managed to 'die briefly' in florida one the same ride on the smae day!!! it was fucking-shit-yer-pants scary!!!! but i did it!!! - i think my stomach is still in Anaheim!!!
Arlene - i really loved the west coast tour, and the USA in general, will definitely be planning an east coast tour for next year, maybe take in a patriots game (would be nice after 21 years of them being my 'crap team' turned good)
Don't tell me - my postcard got lost in the mail.
didn't see Queen prints/star on walk of fame
but did see my hero - John wayne's prints
also went to Universal - the backlot tour was brilliant, and some nice touches - esp the water stuff
went to disney - california park (we had done the main disney stuff in Paris about seven years ago)
but calif was scary...my wife persuaded me to ride the 'twilight zone elevator of terror' and (for someone who has great trouble with ANY heights) - esp when some teenager managed to 'die briefly' in florida one the same ride on the smae day!!! it was fucking-shit-yer-pants scary!!!! but i did it!!! - i think my stomach is still in Anaheim!!!
Arlene - i really loved the west coast tour, and the USA in general, will definitely be planning an east coast tour for next year, maybe take in a patriots game (would be nice after 21 years of them being my 'crap team' turned good)
Glad you had such a great time.
Did you take photos of Johns Wayne's prints? That must have been so cool. Post them here if you did. Would love to see them.
I want to see the walk of fame more than anything if I ever go to L.A.,
and Universal Studios.
i did get the Duke's prints on camera
also got a load more - about four hours of minidv tape, and about 300 camera images
honestly - i've travelled to loads of places
most of europe, Ireland, Tunisia, Turkey, Morocco, Egypt (which was incredible), but America ranks up there with Egypt for 'blow you away' factor
also got a load more - about four hours of minidv tape, and about 300 camera images
honestly - i've travelled to loads of places
most of europe, Ireland, Tunisia, Turkey, Morocco, Egypt (which was incredible), but America ranks up there with Egypt for 'blow you away' factor