Andrea had a blast at our one day stopover in L.A. which was spent at Disneyland. We stayed at an Embassy Suites near LAX and rented a car the first thing in the morning for the drive to Disney. The Budget car rental location was just across the street from the hotel which made life easy.   Andrea still prefers the rollercoasters and simulators to the tea cups and “it’s a small world” (which I can report we did not ride so thankfully no song stuck in my head for the next three weeks as we tour China).

She did still get a kick out of giving various Disney characters big hugs, playing the fiddle with a cast member and visiting Santa. She insisted we go swimming after we got back to the hotel in L.A. so, as she said, she did not pack her swimming suit for nuth’n. So after returning the rental, we headed to the pool. Fortunately an indoor pool since the temperature was ranging between the 40’s and 60’s even in L.A.