California here I come!

Well, here I am again in Anaheim, Califronia staying in the Raddison Maingate - the same hotel that I stayed in on my first stay in the US ten years ago.

One thing I have to point out though. I always see someone famous in the airport before I go on my hols. This year it was Minnie Driver. Alan was playing with his PSP or some other console and thought I was going crazy when I pointed out that I'd just seen Minnie Driver walk past us and go into Dixons. When she returned he realised I was right! She is amazingly tall - and thin but certainly didnt stand out as a Hollywood star in fact she blended into the crowd rather well but we Brits do usually leave people alone a bit like the time I spotted George Lucas literally three feet away from us at the Goodwood Festival of Speed - no-one was interested they were simply looking at the cars ;)


We picked up our hire car today. It's a Buick Rainier - a very nice SUV.

Today has been a true shopping day. After getting up at 7am we had breakfast in the IHOP ( a well deserved thoroughly Amercian breakfast) we headed off to Target to buy essentials like shampoo and conditiner - we always travel out light. We then went to Costco which we have a members card in the UK. I bought my Christmas present - a wonderful credit card size digital camera. It was weird, it was like visiting Costco in the UK - set out exactly the same.

We then spent a couple of hours in the Block which is an outside shopping mall with great eats places. We did our unsual shop in American Eagle, Old Navy and Hollister to do our annual wardrobe re-stock!

Then back to the bar for a few drinks and a meal. Then to bed, I'm knackered!