In the mid year break Dad decided to fly Mum and I to good ol'
west coast USA. We arrived into LA and got picked up and driven down the
Coronado, San Diego to see Grandmother and Celebrate July 4th with the American
side of the family.
July 4 is
something that the Americans hold very close to their hearts, Independence Day
in Coronado is like no other. We woke up pretty lazy with a small fest of
blueberry and chocolate chip pancakes and then headed up Orange street to view
this 4 hour long spectacle that is the July 4th parade. Words cannot
describe how intense and at time awkward this parade is.
Find an American flag wrap it around your face so you are suffocated a little
it then punch yourself in the face repeatedly until one sees multiple
stars and strips. THAT, is the closest I could explain to the experience of the
parade.
After the
fireworks extravaganza and the celebrations died off Mum and I drove my
newly acquired Datsun 240z (more on that in the next post) 600Miles
up the coast to San Francisco to meet up with my oldest sister Hannah. The best
drive I have ever done in one of the coolest cars i have ever got to drive. We did
the journey over 2 days and saw some amazing parts of the west coast.
San Francisco was
incredible. Its like Wellington but BIG! We spent about 3 days hanging out with
Hannah and seeing all the sites of SF. After this we flew back down to LA and
got a tour of Fox Studios by Hal. I’ve been looking into set design and stage
design and this was an amazing experience and I’m very grateful.
However I didn't get any photos as i sat shock the whole time! :-( The
place was huge and amazing.
