Everyone knows American’s love their food, so I won’t bore anyone with accounts of large portions, burgers, and a shocking number of obese people. Here are a few things we noticed that neither of us had considered in the past:

Here it is: the last day of our travels, and it definitely doesn’t seem like its two months since we arrived in New York City! The main thing we did this morning was go for brunch with the family. We went to a really nice local deli, where we got fresh chicken soup and sandwiches. It was sad when we were finished, since it was time to say goodbye to Maxine and Lindsey.

Today was our second day in Disneyland resort, and we visited the other main park: Disney's California Adventure. Instead of leaving extra early and battling through rush hour, we decided to leave after rush hour today and this meant the drive was much more peasant.

Today we visited Universal Studios, which was our third Southern Californian theme park. We had an early start and were out of the house by 8.30am. The usually 30 minute drive took about 75 minutes because of rush hour, but we still arrived just in time for the 10am opening.

Our second day in San Diego had us visiting the other obvious site: Sea World. Before we made our way to the theme park we first had breakfast with Lindsey and her friends. We went to a restaurant which claimed to make ‘the best pancakes in the world’. They were definitely the best we have had all trip but its going to be some time before we can confirm whether the claim is true.

Today was our most relaxing day in a while. Since our tickets for the theme parks haven’t arrived yet (we ordered them online), and the weather was still miserable, we headed to the local Premium Outlets mall in Camarillo. Its around 30 miles west of Los Angeles, and is the same brand of outlet mall that we have previously seen in Chicago and Las Vegas.

Today was our first day exploring Los Angeles. We started late so as to miss the morning rush hour, which apparently is pretty terrible on the freeway from West Hills to Downtown. Our first stop was the Chinese Theatre. Unlike other major cities we have been in, parking was really easy and there was a car park right on Hollywood Boulevard. With validation it was only $2 for four hours!