The Other Side of the Ocean

When I was a little girl, swimming peacefully in the glassy waters of North Avoca I would sometimes look out at the horizon and wonder what I would see if i could see all the way across...(read; what I would see see see if I could see across the sea sea sea.) I am happy to report that I have found out! And here's a picture....

Ahhh the serenity......Imagine also if you will helicopters and aeroplanes going over every few minutes dragging massive flapping billboards behind them. mmmmmmm

So this is Santa Monica. Because of some weird brain freeze type moment we forgot to bring our Rollerblades and hot pants with us but fear not! There were still many fabulous attractions. We experienced Santa Monica as a kind of Manly on American steroids (no muscle beach pun intended) It was an amusement park, it was an aquarium, it was a big pier, it was posing and it was posh shops. We had a great time! Here are some highlights.......

One has to sample the local cuisine......

Then one has to get one's skimpys on and work off the calories

consumed in a very public way...........

Any aggression in the kiddies can be worked out on kiddie sized dodgem cars that they are allowed to drive (how fun would that have been when you were five?)

Then it was time to find the Mustang and start our 3 hour journey out of the car park. We really did have such a great day and will definitely go back.....maybe not on the hottest, busiest day on the Labour day long weekend though! Next time I'm thinking Malibu........