In the USA!

Well we are now on US soil after the 16 hour long flight over to LA via New Zealand and then our red-eye flight from LA to Raleigh North Carolina, via Dallas. Surprisingly, we travelled quite well on such a long trip and were able to function well too on touch down - albeit in a slightly blurry eyed mode (I only had one coffee for the whole flight and it was disappointing... should have listened to you, Dave, and got the double shot after all!) We were glad to catch up with my family again and just spend some relaxing family time together.

Here are a couple of little stories from our first few nights in the USA...

The burgers are better... in the USA?

We decided to brave the local neighbourhood near our hotel in LA and headed out on foot to look for dinner. Rudy's International Diner seemed like the safest bet (we walked into KFC/Taco Bell, smelled the place and walked straight back out... Grease is the word...) Rudy's was okay and we sampled some classic American and Mexican dishes. I had a burger and chips and it was good! Much better than plane food anyway...

Yes... Laura does not even come up to the top of the Ute's tray!

While we were out, Laura came face to face with a rather large Ford F250... goes to show that 'things are bigger in the good 'ol USA!

When we finally got to Raleigh in North Carolina (after approximately 36 hours of flights and numerous stop overs) we were met by my uncle at the airport and headed back to their beautiful neighbourhood. So many immaculate double or triple story houses with uniform and clean gardens. Backyards like we know them are not to be seen... there are no fences anywhere! It's kind of nice that people are happy for kids and animals to just run through their backyards.

 

We are so glad to be here and are already starting to well and truly settle into holiday mode. Stay tuned and we'll post some more stories from our adventures soon!