What a day in the quiet town of Roanoke. We started the day going to the grape festival in grapevine. It was like something out of the movies. A small country town with old fashioned buildings and friendly southern hospitality. We.... I mean I sampled some wine and then Paul and I entered the grape stomping competition. We didnt win but because we are Aussies the organiser gave us winner t shirts.... People are so nice here. We then came back to the hotel to get ...

Well what can I say, not a good start to the day. We left the Hilton early as we needed to drop off the car before checking in. We left at 7am as our flight was 9am. Seemed easy enough. We could not find the hertz drop off to save our lives. No signs and no idea. 15 minutes before we had to check in at 8am Paul had enough and parked the car in airport multi storey parking. I rang hertz and was put on hold for ages and finally got through to airport office who adv...

Started the day a little later as we were so tired. Went down to the restaurant to have breakfast which was the nicest one we have had since being here. I had scrambled eggs, bacon and hash and freshly squeezed juice. We then checked out and headed to seaworld which was nice and quiet I think because it was overcast and a Thursday. I have been wanting to see the killer whales for ages and they did not disappoint. We sat in the soak section and were drenched after...

Started at 7am this morning saying goodbye to San francisco as we were heading to San Diego. Very cold when we left and encountered a lot of traffic. We made a few pitstops including one country gas station that had the worst toilet I have ever seen. We could smell it when we opened the car door, it was the only one for miles so had no choice. We kept on our way to San Simeon to go to Hearst castle. This is located in the middle of nowhere and is the most amazing...

Started this morning early as we needed to make our way to fishermans pier to depart on our harbour cruise. Met a nice couple from Canada outside the hotel and got a lot of information for when we make it to Canada. On the way to the wharf we went down the crookedest street on lombard road. It is a must see visitor spot here and you can only travel 5 mph on the nine hairpin turns. Once we were at the pier we boarded red and white fleets and started our cruise aro...