August 22nd 2014 – Day 21, Goodbye USA, hello UK! Didn’t sleep so good, wide awake at 5 then back to sleep to wake up at 9:30. The covers in this hotel are extra noisy, any time anyone moves there’s a lot of rustling, more than usual. Also the beds…
Day Twenty, last full day in the USA…
August 21st 2014 – Day 20, last full day in the USA… It’s here, the last full day. I’m ready to got back, tired of living out of a suitcase, missing home, and routine. But onto the present. TODAY THE SUN FINALLY CAME OUT!!!! Which was really uplifting and much…
Day Nineteen, Golden Gate Bridge
August 20th 2014 – Day 19, Golden Gate Bridge Rachel Jael, the percussionist and film maker we saw in Venice is in San Francisco. Daniel followed her on Instagram and yesterday she posted a photo of Golden Gate bridge… Then this morning Daniel went for a wander on his own…
Day Eighteen, Golden Gate Park & Haight-Ashbury
August 19th 2014 – Day 18, Golden Gate Park & Haight-Ashbury Felt more energised and like myself today after good night’s sleep. We had breakfast at the hotel, which isn’t included. Then we went to get the hybrid electric bus number 5 to Golden Gate Park at around 11. On…
Day Fifteen, whales and drive to San Mateo
August 16th 2014 – Day 15, whales and drive to San Mateo After awful night’s sleep: my phone rang twice, it was Santander’s automated fraud dpt. I got a backup credit card from them, but forgot to tell them I was going away. So yesterday I gave it mistakenly at…
Day Fourteen, Monterey
August 15th 2014 – Day 14, Monterey I woke up at 8 today, the very very latest! Jeff and Daniel slept for another hour. Had very strange dream last night, we were in LA and massive waves were washing all the people from the beach up to the hotel walkway…
Day Thirteen, Coastal Road to Monterey
August 14th 2014 – Day 13, Coastal Road to Monterey Woke up at 7 and we were down at 8 for breakfast, out of the hotel and on the road by 9. Somehow we spent 11 hours on the road to Monterey, 350 miles. We first stopped at manicured, clean…
Day Twelve, Venice Shopping/Santa Monica Pier
August 13th 2014 – Day Twelve, Venice Shopping/Santa Monica Pier Got up the latest, so far, 7:15. But still didn’t make it down till 11. Jeff went for a run and saw a guy on skateboard wearing a suit and carrying a case… Looked like he was on his way…