Rachel took this picture on our last night in LA back at Dean and Tina’s. It’s Dean’s sword and I’ve decided I want one now!

We are currently sitting in Ruby’s Diner eating an over-priced breakfast muffin in Los Angeles International Airport. We have just gone through a very drawn out and disorganised check-in and are also feeling very frustrated that, as things stand, we won’t be sitting next to each other for either of the two legs back to […]

It’s 8am here in LA and we’re just finishing off getting ready to head to the airport. We leave with a mixture of sadness and excitement. Sadness mainly in the sense that we’re more than likely heading home to grey skies and rain; excitement with all the dreams and plans to move things forward with […]

Yesterday was the last day of our 7 day immersion linked with the International Mentoring Network. It has been a truly amazing and inspiring week. We feel like we have been propelled into the future and are really excited to be getting home and taking things forward with Mosaic Sheffield. This has come at just […]

Well after pretty much posting every day since being over here in Southern California, I have been getting a bit slack at the old updates. Please accept my apologies! We’ve been having a great few days though. (Do we really have to go back home soon?!) On Thursday we got to hang out all day […]

I fell in love with the Cheesecake Factory back in 2002 when visiting Dallas with my friends Simon and Lis. Well last night I got to go again! Steve, Deana & Max arrived around 5pm and pretty soon we were heading out for food. It was great to finally meet Steve and Deana face to […]

Yesterday we had another great day, this time visiting Universal Studios. We had so much fun! Here’s a picture diary of our day:

Driving though LA on route to Universal Studios (we did - eventually - see the proper Hollywood sign on our way back!

Looks amazing huh? Don’t tell anyone, but we’re actually sitting in front […]

Yesterday was so much fun. Dean and Tina came down to where we were staying at Newport Coast with Jason, Dave, and Joleen. From there they took us down to Laguna Beach where we wandered round a cool art gallery before having lunch at a place called BJ’s. We came out stuffed, and then had […]

It was a long day, but we’re finally here in Southern California. I was awake from about 5am UK time through to 10pm PST (25 hours), so was pretty tired. It’s only 7am now but I’m wide awake. I was also wide awake at 3.30am for about an hour. I guess that’s jet lag for […]

Well we’re sitting in the airport lounge at the boarding gate. Our flight leaves in 45 minutes. It’s definitely starting to feel real now! We just about made it through all the security checks, though they did practically undress me! (I always “get got” at airport security. Do I look dodgy or something?!)
Next stop LA!