On New Year's Eve we were given this car - WOW!!! We have been so blessed, embraced and welcomed by everyone here. This was the best gift we could have been given as we've had to do a lot of driving around - getting our bearings and having to shop for stuff for our new home. (Of course, Ali's been hating that! ;-)
We visited Newport Beach one afternoon and saw this vibrant scene. What an amazing area. Cool (and very expensive) houses and lots of character.
Yes folks, we are in America! This is looking back from the Newport Pier. We are wide-eyed and soaking up all the sights and trying to enjoy the journey of settling into a new culture. So far, so good. I'd have to say we haven't found too much not to like at this point.
This has to be seen to be believed. It's the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) headquaters with their Christmas decorations dazzling all who pass by on the 405 Freeway. This picture doesn't do it justice.
Famous Laguna Beach.
Laguna Beach sunset.
These "binoculars" didn't work very well but they sure looked cool!
Huntington Beach Pier on a cold Winter's Day.
The Mighty Ducks! Yep - we were lucky enough to go to the 1000th game of the Anaheim Ducks. Ice Hockey is a crazy game!
On New Year's Eve we were given this car - WOW!!! We have been so blessed, embraced and welcomed by everyone here. This was the best gift we could have been given as we've had to do a lot of driving around - getting our bearings and having to shop for stuff for our new home. (Of course, Ali's been hating that! ;-)
We visited Newport Beach one afternoon and saw this vibrant scene. What an amazing area. Cool (and very expensive) houses and lots of character.
Yes folks, we are in America! This is looking back from the Newport Pier. We are wide-eyed and soaking up all the sights and trying to enjoy the journey of settling into a new culture. So far, so good. I'd have to say we haven't found too much not to like at this point.
This has to be seen to be believed. It's the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) headquaters with their Christmas decorations dazzling all who pass by on the 405 Freeway. This picture doesn't do it justice.
Famous Laguna Beach.
Laguna Beach sunset.
These "binoculars" didn't work very well but they sure looked cool!
This was our first glimpse of mainland USA...
...and the huge expanse of LA. This is a big city... and everything we saw after this was big too! Big Freeways, big cars, big houses, big shopping centres, and some pretty big people too.
There was some amazing light as we were getting ready to board the plane for our trip to LA.
LA, here we come! 29th December 2006.