It has been fabulous to be in San Francisco for the America's Cup racing and so good that we could share this experience with Judy and Andy. They have been terrific and even took us out to the airport today. I hope that ETNZ win soon so that everyone can relax and celebrate. Meanwhile, our flight to LA was delayed three times before we got on the flight and then again on the Tarmac. Got into LA 2 hours late, grabbed our bags hired our car; a blue Ford Mustang Co...

17 September 2013 After quite a sleepless first night we asked for a room change. The bed is pretty much the same but it is so much quieter - yay! And so ... to the America's Cup! The first to win 9 races takes home the cup - the score is Emirates Team New Zealand = 7 - Oracle Team USA = 2 so far. We met up with Judy and Andy at IHOP for breakie on our first morning before we drove down to Pier 27 (which has been decked out with merchandise shops, eateries, b...

A hot steamy rainy day in Miami so we took our time packing our bags and headed to the airport for our flight to San Francisco via Houston. The time difference is 3 hours. Thank you to David and Claire for our fabulous upgrades to first class - what a treat! All went well until we arrived in SF with our baggage carousel number was not put up and even when we asked for help little was given. Half an hour later we located our bags - with their 'priority baggage'...

Started out day with a good dose of outlet shopping before the drive from Orlando to Miami. Saw this little ute in a car park on our trip. So glad we went to the parks the last two days, 92 to 93 (33.5) degrees and very humid but mainly sunny as it is 94 (35) degrees, 95% humidity with thunder and lightening all around today. We were very hot but the rides were operating not sure that would be the case today. Arrived in Miami around 6pm and took a walk down to...

Just like yesterday, we had to try out every ride including this new one called Twirl n' Hurl - a Simpson ride. Our second day of being big kids - Woo Hoo! The ride attendant offered to take our photo after he had said that it was very romantic that we were going on this ride together - ohhh how sweet. Hehehe My favourite rides today were Men In Black (MIB) and The Mummy - no real water rides today :-( Another dip in the pool tonight - a very nice way to end a...