Our vacation

We have finally went on our first vacation together not visiting relatives. Sorry we love our family but we needed this vacation. We went to California. We spent 4 days in Anaheim/Los Angeles and 2 days in San Diego. Oh, we did visit family. Bummer...Oh well, it was worth it. Carl and I visit his Uncle Odell and his family in Los Angeles. He has not seen them for fifteen years. We also went to Normandie Avenue, where Carl and his family used to live when he was 12 ( I think). We also visited his middle school. We also had the best Chinese food in Chinatown. The restaurant is called Golden Dragon. This place has the best Chinese food.


We went to Dineyland for 2 days and it was magical. The Disney's fireworks was amazing. I have finally convinced Carl that there are better fireworks out there than Philly. We also went to Phouvy and Dave's wedding. Congrats! Thanks for inviting us and also giving us a wonderful and well deserve vacation.

We went to San Diego on Sunday. I love this place. If you have not been there, you must must check it out. The weather is fabulous and the scenery is gorgeous.

Than we have to leave. We ran into some drama getting to LAX. We left at 2am from San Diego. On our way back, we thought we were heading to the wrong direction. We thought we were heding to Tijuana because there was a border patrol when we hit Carlsbad and it was located in the middle of the 5 freeway. 5 lane freeway and border patrol! I freaked of course. After that I fell asleep thiking drama is over. We thought we will see signs for LAX or Los Angeles all the way up and we were wrong. The signs ran out and Pasadena was approching. It was close to traffic jam hours in LA. I told Carl to asked for direction. I was cranky due to the fast awakening from my slumber. He did ask and the guy was part way correct. When we head to 105 east, I noticed that the airpot is located on the west part of LA not east from our handy AAA map. I asked him to make a U turn. 4:58 one of our tires from Budget had a flat. This was the scariest moment. People in LA does not know how to drive. We had to pull over on the shoulder. It was so convenient that this tire has to be the left back one. I was so nervous for Carl. I watched too much Cops and seen too many accident where people gets hit. I called Budget for help and they said they were not sure if they could get to us on time. So, Carl changed the tire because our flight leaves at 7:45. Cars were speeding down these highway at least 90 mph. Carl parked the car in a merging lane but these people would actually go to this lane to pass other cars. I can't believe and had to stand there and watched nervously. The happy ending...we make it back home save and sound.