Selina used some of her extra leave to visit family friends in Ghana....
As soon as Selina booked flights to Ghana, my friend from Uni, Gav invited us to his wedding to Jen in LA. So after Selina had a couple of nights back home, we both headed to California for wedding celebrations. Many congrats Gave & Jen:
We enjoyed wandering around the different areas of LA, Venice Beach was lovely, we particularly liked the nearby canal:
My favourite day trip was Universal Studios. I've always wanted to go:
Looking round the different themed areas was fun (Simpsons, Shrek, Jurassic Park - although ride was shut! Boo! Transformers, Minions), but my favourite bit was the tour, going round film sets and then special effects bits (Psycho, Jaws, King Kong). The live action Waterworld was also good:
We were in town for the Oscars. We had a fun night in a bar a few doors down from the famous TCL Cinema where the event was actually happening. The streets were all locked down, so no celebs spotted!
Another real highlight was going to an LA Clippers basketball game. The bits in timeouts were mental, freebies being fired into the crowd and people trying to win jeeps! You can just about make out Beyoncé and J-Zee in the front row:
Gav also took us on a road trip to San Diego for a couple of days, going round some Microbreweries and getting up close and personal with some seals:
Thanks Gav and Jen for looking after us so nicely!
