Thursday, 2 August 2012

WORLD TRIP - Part 3


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.

1 comment:

  1. 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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