Day 1

Well, we've arrived safetly in LA after a twelve hour flight with no problems (except lack of sleep). Even with a few wines and some ear plugs, the airplane seat doesn't quite cut the mustard for getting a good rest. Oh well, first lesson learned - obviously more wine is required next time! After getting through airport security - which wasn't nearly as bad as we expected - the shuttle driver dropped us off at the hotel. Lesson two - if travelling to LA, don't book a hotel right next the the freeway (although the noise is not too bad, it's certainly a lot different from what we get in Christchurch). Maybe the wine trick will work for us in the hotel as well as in the plane.
Although we hadn't planned to visit Disneyland, it's right next door to where we are staying so we've spent the afternoon wandering through and having a look - a good way to get some blood circulating through the legs after sitting for so long. I've included some pictures with this post but there are only a few since we got got there quite late (as the light was getting low) and some of the pictures haven't come out too well.
One last thing - the cell phone we bought across doesn't seemto want to work (no service). We'll try again when we're in London and hopefully we can call / text from there.
Anyway, off to Universal Studios tomorrow for a tour so we'll let you know how that turns out.