Category Archives: Reviews

Elephant seals at California

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Helen

It’s always fascinating seeing animals you normally only ever see in zoos, actually in the wild. So we went looking for elephant seals on the Californian coast…

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Highway 1 and Big Sur, West coast California

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Helen

It is the area of coast up from Los Angeles to San Francisco. The quicker route between the two cities is route 101, which is the road we took last time, but we thought we’d take the scenic route…

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Solvang and Nojoqui Falls county park, California

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Helen

It looked very close to the coast on the map, but turned out to be quite a long way out of our route. We thought we’d have a go at visiting somewhere different in the the Rough Guide guidebook.

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The Los Angeles Natural History Museum

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Helen

It was very different from the one in London! Firstly, it wasn’t free like we expected – it was $6 each plus $6 to park the car. This is what we thought of the place…

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Universal Studios, California (4 years later)

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Helen

I’ve already done a fairly comprehensive review from last time we went: part one and part two. So if you’re going, read those posts first, however there have been a lot of changes since then, so here’s a bit more to … Continue reading →

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The Saharan Motor Hotel, Hollywood, California

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Helen

Just a quick review of the place we stayed at in Hollywood…

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Visiting Hollywood, California

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Helen

I’ve recently returned from an amazing holiday travelling around California, so I’ll be writing several reviews of places I’ve visited. Our first stop off was Hollywood…

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Kilver Court Wedding Fair, Shepton Mallet, Somerset

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Helen

On Sunday my daughter and I went along to the wedding fair at Kilver Court to see what it was like. I’ve been long married, and my daughter hopefully has a few years yet, but we love all things to … Continue reading →