STAGE 3
Flying Air New Zealand we arrive in Los Angeles on Wednesday 2nd
January 2013. We hire a car for 10 days as we have 3 nights in the City of
Angels before driving up to Las Vegas. We booked early and scored one heck of a
hotel deal in Vegas; a penthouse suite at a knockdown price. Hey, them’s the
breaks and one has to take ‘em when one can. It’s only around a 4 or 5 hour
drive to Vegas but we are taking a side trip to Calico, a small re-activated
ghost town run as a western cowboy town. The handful of residents who live
there all dress the part and run the place as it was in the old Wild West days!
Whilst in Vegas we are visiting the Grand Canyon and I will
probably take a walk on the relatively new Skywalk which stretches out over the
canyon and allows one to look straight down. Julie believes I’m crazy to even
consider it and to be honest I reckon she’s right!
Las Vegas is only a sampler for 3 nights as we return to
Anaheim for a 3 day Disneyland experience. Again by booking well in advance we
got good prices on the tickets and being low season there won’t be long lines and
queues for the attractions. The pass gives us access to both Adventure World
and Disneyland. The Adventure world experience has a phenomenal light show each
evening that is arguably worth the visit in its own right.
After a total of just 10 short days we return the car to LAX
airport and take our final flight to New York. Our hotel in The Big Apple is
none other than the Waldorf. We have little planned for our 6 night stay. Our
arrival will be on Saturday 12th January. On Sunday 13th
we intend to partake of the ‘Legendary Sunday Brunch’! This includes among
other items no less than 100 different deserts and Julie assures me that this
will be her primary focus of the meal. For the rest of our stay we are not sure
what we will be doing. There will be plenty of sightseeing and we will just
wing it as we wish. Of course we will be visiting the Statue of Liberty and the
9/11 memorial site. As for my own personal wish – I intend to hail a yellow cab
just for the heck of it. Oh, I almost forgot (yeah, right). I want a street-side
hot dog, a Waldorf salad, baked cheesecake and a show on Broadway. And then we
need to prepare for the penultimate leg of the trip which commences on Friday
18th January, the cruise liner Queen Victoria.
When in Copenhagen make sure you stand on the bridge over the canal at Nyhavn. That's where Christian Andersen lived. Anyway, when on the bridge look down into the water, you'll be surprised at what you see lol. I'm talking the bridge in the main shopping square. And don't forget the danish pastries. They're to die for. Also, find the posh jewellers in the square and look in the window to see if the little train is till running. Made entirely of gold and gems. Real wow factor! Copenhagen is a fabulous place and we had a great week there back in the '90's.
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