SAN DIEGO

A colleague from my UK firm also works in LA (on the other side of town), and we decided to head to San Diego for a boozy weekend.
San Diego is only approx 100km south from where I based …and it feels like completely different … there is definitely a buzz about the place …. Or maybe its just because it’s a huge marine port … and all the navy boys run a muck on the weekend during their liberty (time off to recuperate).

Anyway … met a lot of guys from the Navy … and they are actually good fun to drink with… and unlike most Americans I have met in past … they like their alcohol .. and can keep up with an Aussie.
On Sunday, we checked out Midway … a huge carrier which has been de-commissioned, and now is open to the public.

Definitely will head back soon for another boozy weekend.

WEEK 4 IN COSTA MESA

Well a lot has happened in the past month or so…. I have started the project, bought new golf clubs, and moved into an Appartment.
Im based in Cosa Mesa, which is in Orange County, near some very famous beaches … Huntington, Laguna, and Long Beach … it almost makes me want to buy a surf board and start catching the waves.

Compared to London, the weather is great …. It hit 30degrees last week .. not bad for winter (considering its miserable and raining in London).

LA is quite a place … everywhere you go, its using 6 lane highways (in each direction, ie. 12 lanes in total) .. if you think traffic jams at home are bad, you have never experienced 12 lanes of gridlock . Distances are quite large too … I drove to Beverly Hills (and Rodeo drive) .. which was approx 70km away…. And I saw a whole heap of paparazzi .. I think they were chasing Britney!

Its less than a month till I head back to Oz for Xmas … and Im really looking forward to it.