Week 1

We have been here for about 4 days.  A lot harder than we thought, the language is a challenge and the kids stories are super sad.  The food is awesome and Petrina has managed some great Vegetarian food.  We have eaten at a few traditional local shops, litrally on the street, just little cooking area and a few plastic tables on the road edge. 

Our street side dinner.  Pam and Alan on the right, their Daughter nearest to the camera and Petrina is on the left with Moacir doing bunny ears.

We all went surfing today - 60 kids all in two vans, with about 30 surfboards all up.  Some of the little groms are awesome, 4 and 5 year olds stand up.  I dont think some can swim too well though. 

We are staying around the corner in a cosy flat, simple yet good.  Two bedrooms, cooking area and a bathroom.  But you cant flush loo paper here, you have to put in in a bin.  Yep, super fun. 

Just a short one, time to go and help cook a feed, BBQ tonight. 


But forgot to talk about the trip before we hit mex.  We left in style, Mmmm split screens (see below photo)....

Saying goodbye to our ´dos perros´ (two dogs) before heaing off to the airport in style in a split-screen kombi

LA was fun, we did the star tour and saw a few cool houses.  I found where we will be living in LA.  Its got a great view and just happens to be David Beckhams place.  I think we will be well qualified child sitters after this trip.

Super-sized pizza en-route to the start of our Stars Home tour.... (becaue it is half eaten already, this photo doesn't quite do the true size of the thing justice but note how the width of the crust at the top is wider than my head....Only in America...)

We also went to Universal Studios.  Super quiet day so the longest wait was 5 min, most rides and stuff we walked straight on.  They were filming a few shows on the day which was good to see too.
More shots from en route during the Hollywood Stars Home tour  and Universal Studios are below...

Then off to Mexico City, limited Espanol was fun, but we got through it with English and broken Spanish.

 Adios.