We had a reasonably quiet day today after a full on day yesterday and we were moving from Santa Monica to Anaheim.
After packing up all our bags, which was quite a task given we haven't really done much shopping but it was a struggle to get everything back in our bags (good news though...we are still at two suitcases), we headed to the beach to walk the boardwalk to Venice.
It was quite a walk and oh so hot....Ashleigh was ready to turn around many times along the way. We had another late breakfast when we got there and we got to watch the weird and unusual sights, of which there were many. Venice is a long stretch of the beach front that is lined by street sellers and entertainers....many looking very homeless. And on the other side of the boardwalk little, cheap souvenir and trinket shops. It was certainly an eye opener of a walk, which took almost 5 hours.
We made it back to the hotel by 3pm to get our van charter transfer to our hotel in Anaheim...the Annabella Hotel. The hotel is just across the road from Disneyland and is a 10 min walk to the entrance.....perfect!
We spent the remainder of the afternoon by the pool enjoying happy hour while Ashleigh swam and swam. I also got in for awhile and Ashleigh had me doing all sorts of swim moves.
We had a reasonably early dinner to try and get an early nights sleep so we could be up at a decent hour in the morning to get to Disneyland. As I was putting Ashleigh to sleep after reading at about 9.30pm (not so early) we heard these big, booming sounds, which I realised were the fireworks from the night parade. Ashleigh and I rushed outside and we had the perfect view from our balcony. They really are the most amazing fireworks and just went on and on for over 20 minutes.....truly amazing!!!
What an amazing finish to a quiet day.....can't wait to see the whole night parade.
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