DAY 1: We met nice and early at the best western plus San Francisco ready to start a 7 day tour to LA. our tour leader Fiona gave us a quick briefing then we were on our way to the first stop Yosemite National Park. Before getting to Yosemite we needed to stop at a supermarket to do a food shop for the first three days. To do this we were split into three teams - lukas, Anne and I, then harry, Frankie and Tariq and finally Nicky, Rachel and Alex. The shop was pr...

After changing buses we arrived quite late into San Antonio so had a snacky dinner in the hotel restaurant. We were staying at riverwalk plaza hotel, which was very close to the riverwalk. The next morning we walked all the way along the river and saw some lovely looking restaurants and bars, which we planned to visit that evening! We saw the little river village and walked around the Alamo site. This was close to some touristy shops so we had a look in them and ...

We arrived at the hostel at 11am Tuesday, but couldn't check in for an hour. It was called India House hostel, set in traditional New Orleans French style houses it was one of the more quirky hostels we'd stayed in. The first room we checked into was called the Voodoo room, we weren't in there long as we weren't very keen on a padlock holding the doors together- not the safest place to leave our stuff! We moved to a double room in the house next door - with a nor...

To get to Boca Raton, we first got the greyhound to west palm beach then waited there, enjoying the views for an hour then got the tri-rail past Fort Lauderdale to Boca Raton. We had decided to stay here for two reasons: 1. It was a lot cheaper accommodation than Fort Lauderdale and 2. It was much closer to the Irish pub Danny's aunt and uncle owned- who we were planning to visit. It was quite a trek in boiling heat from the tri-rail station to the hotel but once...

We arrived in orlando quite late. Sonja picked us up at the station then we went straight to Gabby's apartment, where all four of us had a Chinese takeaway. The next day we went shopping at premium outlets mall first, which hadn't changed much since i'd been there when I was younger. Next mall was Mellenia Mall, where we all enjoyed having the free samples given out in the food court. In the afternoon we checked into the Wyndham Resort Disney hotel which was a re...