The flight & LA

Well after a suprisingly good night's sleep Jane and I awoke Tuesday morningready to begin the trip. We arrived super early at the airport and on checking we were told we had been upgraded to Business Class for free. Obviously my reputation as being a high roller was leaked to United Airlines so I was treated accordingly.

The flight was an easy 13 hours complete with reclining chair, silver service and a three course meal. Not only were we upgraded but we were upgraded before one of Australia's premier boxers, Mr Jeff Fenech who was sitting back in economy with the rest of the scum.

On arriving in LAX we were given priority baggage claiming which meant we were through customs in about 25 mins. No smiling though!! They take it very seriously over here and I wasn't about to push my luck (we've seen how strict the Aussie border security can be).

John J 'Romeo' Girvan was there to greet us, the weather was awesome and it was time to hit Santa Monica & Malibu for drinks, dinner and 'a quiet night' 6:30am I strolled into the hotel after getting lost in what John calls some of the roughest streets in LA. Luckily ignorance is bliss and I just kept to myself and finally made it back.

Wednesday was spent making our way down to San Diego via Hollywood, Rodeo Drive and the OC. Already I can see from what we've eaten that if you don't like cheese you won't be able to eat here. I had a burger with Jacks and Cheddar (cheese and cheese) disgusting but when in Rome....

Next stop is San Diego and we will add more at the end of that trip.

Catch ya!