Say about Terminal 5 what you want, but it has the fastest check in possible. No queues at the luggage drop off points, a tiny queue at the security check. So that meant I was very early, so what do you do? Indeed, have a warm waffle with fresh berries with a cup of love [...]

New York – the plan

Plans are there to go and do something completely different – but this is the basic idea I have.
As you can see, Sunday is still open for suggestions. I might need a quiet day there, but any suggestions on what to do there are appreciated. I might take the free [...]

A final wrap up post with the very last photos of San Francisco.

Archie – the wonder dog

No further comment needed, this is indeed a very cute dog!

The Elmwood cinema in Berkeley

I had plans to both visit cinemas in LA and San Francisco, but the weather has been so marvelous that I better liked to be [...]

Today I spent together with the lovely bloglily who invited me over to Berkeley. Berkeley is about 25 minutes by BART train (Bay Area Rapid Transit) and I had a great day. We had tea in a lovely cafe, walked around in the city, and Lily was friendly enough to lend me her bicycle, so [...]

If you want to do a whale watching trip you have to get up early, we had to be there at 7.30am, the boat left at 8am. There are some other things you need to consider: it can be freezingly cold (like on our trip), you get very far out on the ocean, and [...]

The last two days have been relaxed. On Friday I met up with Gerry, a San Francisco local and a regular reader of my blog. He was very friendly and showed me around the city by car. We saw the Golden Gate Park, The Presidio, Ocean beach and drove up on Twin Peaks from which [...]

Is it me or are people on the west coast of the US just friendlier than the ones in New York? I spoke about this with two ladies from the US and they agreed. In New York everyone is in a hurry, they don’t have time to be friendly. Here everybody seems friendly. Is it [...]

San Francisco landmark – The Golden Gate bridge

The train trip to San Francisco was a long one (11 hours) but it was worth it. A big part of the trip follows the coast line and the views from the train window were fantastic.
The train arrived in San Francisco exactly on time, and I arrived [...]

Meet Jack, my bicycle for the day

If you are ever in Los Angeles and the weather is nice, you have to rent a bicycle and cycle a part of the (very flat and car free) coastal cycle path. It is such a thrill to cycle on a path away from traffic and going straight through [...]

Here are the photos: Los Angeles Day 1)
Ten things I did in Los Angeles on day 1:

I had a great pancake breakfast in the Metro Cafe. This lovely cafe is only 50m from my hotel and has the exact right cafe atmosphere.

I ran into a huge film shoot in downtown LA. A complete street was [...]

Here is a slide show of the first day in Los Angeles see the images here.
(Please let me know if you still have problems viewing it!)
All well here! :)

Ready!

Last post from London.
I have packed, I have checked in online, and I think I am ready. I will report from LA when I get there. My plane leaves at 9.55am from Heathrow tomorrow, and after some time travelling I will arrive there at 12.55pm Local time.
Weather broadcast for both LA and San Francisco: [...]

but you aren’t.
It is nice to plan a trip yourself: you can often find cheaper deals and book everything from your pc, however you can also miss some important information that travel agents would have given you.
That happened to me!
I have been preparing like mad for this trip and as a final check I just [...]

To buy list …

There are only seven days until my departure to the USA, so a good time today to do any last minute holiday shopping on Amazon.
I ordered the following neccesary items:

US trip

It has been a while since I have been on a far (ok further) away trip, so this year I have decided to cross some items of my “would love to see” list.
(Here is a bigger version of the map on Google)
But I need your help dear readers.
But first, the plan. Here are [...]

Seagull

I went for a photography meetup on Sunday and the trip went to Hasting. Hasting is a about 2 hours from London by train and while it is an ok place with cliffs, fishing boats and of course the sea, I still prefer Eastbourne (Beachy Head) and Brighton.
The weather was perfect (my face is still [...]

Spring is in the air

Easter food/drink in Holland is :

Home made kroketten as only my mum can make them
Pancakes the size of wagon wheels in De Oude Muntkelder, where they have 80 different types of pancakes!
The one and only Chocomel
Dinner at Boro, Utrecht
Import of Autodrop parkeerwacht Zwartjes
Icecream from Luigi

Other Easter highlights:

The weather. It has been [...]

Paris Je t’aime

I had a full Sunday in Paris, and I had made a plan of what I wanted to see.

View onto the Arc de Triomphe, Paris

(Just because the colours of this photo go so well with the colours of the design)
Second report about Paris (the non tv-2 one) is on its way, as are the rest of the photos.