Stayed with John D for 5 days in Dublin, south of San Fran city. We went to Napa for some wine tasting and figured out that the wineries with very grand grounds and tasting rooms are usually overcompensating for not so great wine, but we had some great wines too. Went to Flight of the Conchords final show in their latest tour which was at Berkeley. I had expected there to be quite a few kiwis at the show but we were few and far between - just as well the local...

Well there's not too much to say about my stay in San Diego because I spent most of it in or around the pool at the hotel. All the touristing had become a bit tiring. I did spend one day at San Diego zoo which just confirmed for me that Auckland Zoo is up there with the best, certainly in terms of the size and nature of the enclosures. For the train from San Diego to San Francisco I missed out on a coach seat so unfortunately was "forced" to upgrad...

To begin with a short rant. As we were coming into LA on the train the driver said "It's a bit of a grey day out there today but it's supposed to clear in the afternoon". The Los Anglean sitting next to me said "Yeah don't worry it always becomes fine in the afternoon". I did wonder to myself what sort of weird weather pattern means the sun only shines in the afternoon, which was pretty naive on my part. The truth being, of course, that th...

Have landed in the States and managed to get through LAX Easiest option for dinner near the airport hotel was Denny´s which resulted in a disastrous attempt at choosing a healthy option off the menu. Turned out to be the healthy option...with cheese. Also had to quickly research the tipping rules on the internet to refresh my memory. Apparently you must tip taxi drivers but don´t have to tip petrol station attendants. Very excited about New Orleans tomorrow