Travel Tales

Dream Destination

We were talking last night about our dream destination and Roland reminded me that we had said we would like to go to

Peru

This photo is of Machu Pichu which would be unmissable if we ever got to Peru.

Close to home

We stayed here in April this year at Wychnor Park near Lychfield in the Midlands.

 

 

Far Away

Big Bear Lake, California

Our holiday the year after we got married.A belated honeymoon.

It is in the hills above LA and was my first holiday abroad.

I had never flown to a holiday before.

We visited lots of places near us there, even the desert but we had to drive up and down mountains to get anywhere. We even visited Sunset Strip in LA but were very disappointed as the area was very rundown and dirty.

We have been again since and it had been transformed and was a much nicer place to visit.

Worst Trip Ever

The Californian holiday was fantastic but getting there was the worst trip ever.

After flying for about nine hours and changing planes twice, the first time in Chicago then in Dallas.

We arrived in an airport north of LA at about 7pm, collected our hire car and began our journey up to Big Bear Lake.

It was the first time Roland had driven on "the wrong side of the road", we were very tired and hadn't thought about the length of the journey.

It took us 3 hours to get to our Hotel, climbing all the time, round sharp bends, in the dark and passing through the clouds. It was a very scary ride. Can you imagine it?

It certainly taught us a lesson and if we have a long flight with a long journey after it we always stay at a hotel near the airport