Hola amigos!
Hope all in well, my family and I are over here in America at the moment. On the first day we flew into LA arriving at 6, from there we went and hired a car, and drive around Hollywood, unfortunately that day is a bit of a haze as the good ol jetlag started kicking in, all in all we had a 43hr day! Staying at the Castle Inn and suites in Anaheim, which was alright not amazing but did the job by giving a bed to sleep on.
Following that we went to Disneys California Theme Park (which is directly opposite) where there are some epic rides, my favourites being The Hollywood Tower Hotel and California Screamin, two epic rides which get the ol' blood pumping. It was so good the day after we went to Disneyland for a little bit and then decided to go back to California Theme land park where we got to watch this amazing light and water show (videos up soon) with a disney theme to it, World of Colour :O! Hehe
Because we aren't staying anywhere semi-permanantly here, we have been eating out every night and flip the servings are insane!! One meal is the size of at least 2 big dinner plates (in NZ) put together! It is insane! Its no surprise that people are so big over here, in order to avoided further weight gain on my behalf I have stuck to kids meals and going to our hotels local gym (starting tomorrow when we aren't doing any walking.)
Another thing I am so surprised at is how much MAKEUP the women over here wear, it is crazy, what we would often consider as a cakefaced girl in NZ, is the normal everyday American girl. So rarely have I seen a girl without make-up, coming from the girl who only ever wears mascara and sometimes eyeliner. Its crazy!
Another thing which I think has really challenged me personally is the large amounts of poor and homeless people on the streets, especially around Hollywood, Santa Monica and Venice Beach, for many of you when you think of these places the idea of a big, beautiful, glamourous place comes to mind, reality is far from that. For example: Venice Beach is basically weed central, with every 3rd shop selling cannabis for *cough medical purposes.* Hollywood has so many homeless people, it breaks my heart! As we have driven by we have seen so many people searching through the trash, or lying down on the side of the road. It is so hard for me to watch, I wish their was something I could do to help, the only problem is you can't just give them money because they don't know how to use it properly or to invest it wisely. Whenever I see someone I do think about why and what made them homeless in the first place.
Which brings me to today, we hit up Seaworld which was yet another amazing day, followed by me sitting here at my hotel writing about the incredible things so far. My motto over these holidays has been simple: "Carpe Diem- Sieze the day" live and enjoy moment, because its these amazing moments which make up lifes incredible journey!
