We landed safely in Los Angeles after traveling for 23 hours. So I apologise for the pics in advance. Not our best look, but I'm aiming for honesty here... We didn't have any dramas with the flights, or at the airports which is always a good thing.
After landing at LAX, we caught a shuttle bus to Union Station, and caught the Train down to Oceanside where we were to meet Orlando. While waiting, we found a diner and enjoyed a great breakfast. We were told that to get accustomed to the new timezome quicker, we had to stay up until it was bed time in the new timezone, but after traveling for 23 hours, and arriving at 4.45am it was a big ask, so needless to say once we got to Orlando & Jo's home, we fell straight to sleep.
We enjoyed going out witnessing with the Hidden Valley congregation on Saturday morning, followed by In & Out Burger for lunch (a California icon), then sightseeing around San Diego (Balboa Park, Downtown & Sea Port Village) and dinner at Old Town. Sunday we attended the meeting and then enjoyed some association afterward with some brothers & sisters from the congregation. Everyone brought their favourite dish for us to sample including turkey, corn bread, sweet potato & marshmallow salad as well as Orlando's Wings & Ribs which were awesome!
Monday we decided to hit Disneyland, so caught the train up to Anaheim and a shuttle to the park. We had so much fun!! Big kids that we are. We went on the rides in both Disneyland and California Adventure, Kiri went on the roller coaster by herself, there was no way Jonno & I were going on it with her. We stayed until about 9pm to get the most out of the parks. It was such a fun day and we wish all of our nieces & nephews could enjoy it with us!
The rest of the time was spent doing a little shopping, catching up on a little work and getting ourselves ready for our New York adventure.
Hope you are all doing ok, and would love to hear news from home.
Jonno, Nay & Kiri xoxo
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| Kiri (a little too bright after all that travel!) |
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| Me on the other hand... |
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| Jonno, just taking it in his stride |
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| Our diner breakfast at Oceanside |
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| Out witnessing with Hidden Valley Congregation |
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| Kir & Megan |
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| Jonno & I with Tyler & Megan |
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| In-N-Out Burger with Josie |
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| Cool buildings at Balboa Park |
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| My Chocolate Martini at "Top of the Hyatt" |
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| View of San Diego from 'Top of the Hyatt' |
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| With Orlando at Seaport Village |
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| With some of the brothers from Hidden Valley Congregation |
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| At Disneyland! |
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| Got to ride the Matterhorn twice |
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| Mickey Mouse! The line to get a picture was ridiculously long! |
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| The Little Mermaid ride |
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| The start of the Play Parade |
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| The crowds at Disneyland |
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| In the Cars area |
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| Awesome 'World of Color' show |
