California!

And we're settled in California, just about!

Coach journey went well, didn't seem to long stopped off in the desolate hill billy town of Barstow...not the best part of California! Arrived in LA, 5.30pm, met joy who were staying with and headed home, downtown into Orange County, by the beach, to be welcomed by Corky the schizophreniac chihuahua and ....Bonnie and clyde, two very fluffy cats. Rosina is really allergic to cats, and even though they had been promised that they would stay out of our room and she had dosed up on piriton, the first night Rosina had a full on cat attack, wheezing, sneezing, eyes watering!

The cat attack has subsided now but she's left with one hell of a chesty cough! Which she hopes will ease off soon!

Now LA and the surrounding cities are huge and everything is about an hour away fom everything, and it's all spaced out. Joy had said she would drive us everywhere but wanted to go an explore yesterday so we ventured onto the metro line! About an hour later we rocked up at Hollywood Vine station...onto the glamorous Hollywood walk of fame....well glamorous not so much!!! The stars are on the floor, but there is dirt, and rubbish and hobos scattering the 'walk of fame', we wernt surprised as this is what everyone says it is like! So we walked towards the hives of people, swarming the Kodak theatre and more central Hollywood. It was a reasonably nice day, so we decided to go on a jeep tour of 'Hollywood land', as Rosina wasn't feeling up to walking a lot so off we went on the tour. The perfect way to see all the sights! We headed into Beverly Hills to see all the mansions, 52roomed castles, 10ft high gates, we saw the homes of Christina Aguillera, Tom cruise, Michael Jackson, the Playboy mansion, Simon Cowell. These places are intense, the divide between rich and poor here is even more prominent that in New York. We continued our drive through the palm tree lined streets, to Rodeo drive, shopping centre to the intensely rich! Driving along through the traffic, at one point there was a Lamborghini on one side and a Porshe on the other, all the designer shops, restaurants and of course the Beverly hills housewives and there chiuahas! We then headed down Sunset Boulevard,being shown all the famous film sites as well as other sites like where Whitney Houston was found etc! The driver then took us up to the Hollywood Hills for us to get a photo of the Hollywood sign, wellas near as you can get! Which isn't so near! We then headed to mels diner for dinner before visiting the Edge to take class, with Adam parsons, an amazing teacher Rosina knows through kinisi! Joy came to meet us as it was a late class, and la is not so excitingb night and we headed home!

This morning were going for a walk down the beach and then onto a different studio and a different class thus afternoon. Weve got some plans for the weekend, going to see ABT and then a tap Jam with joy, then it's Disneyland time next week!