USA

Hi everyone!

Apologies! I've been lazy and neglected blogging for awhile (I blame on Melbourne's winter blues). I actually have a backlog of photos on my phone which I am hoping to upload and blog about shortly (if I get lazy, then you will be seeing a lot more photos than commentary hehe).

Anyways, today's blog is about my recent exciting news! I'm going to the USA!! I'm extremely exciteeed!! M and I finally booked tickets on Friday night and we snatched up a pretty decent deal! Being a bit of a bargain hunter myself, I've been keeping my eyes peeled for a good deal to LA. Two recommended websites which I have been using to monitor flights and would like to share with you are:

www.travel.com.au 
and
skyscanner.com.au

Both these sites are easy to navigate, just select your desired destination and dates and it will list a range of flight options available (I find that it includes all the major airlines) clearly outlining travel periods, duration and price. It allows you to easily select which flight suits your needs and make comparsions of your options.
 
The deal that we booked was an Air NZ flight to LA from Melbourne for just over $1200 per person for the travel period of October 2012. We were really happy with this as not only is the price really reasonable, but the flight time is not excessive (there's nothing worse than being on a plane for 24 hours). Total duration of this flight is 18 hours, only 3 hours longer than the direct route from Melbourne- LA with Qantas (Qantas is the only carrier which flies direct to LA) but of course at a more hefty price tag of almost $2,000. Good saving don't you think?

So where are we visit in the US? Being a first time US visitor, of course we will be visiting all the major tourist cities. First stop will be LA, then off to San Fransisco (where we are lucky to have M's uncle to show us around).

Golden Gate Bridge- San Fran

Famous Hollywood Sign- LA

Vegas is obviously also another not to be missed destination. Next will be quite interesting- Tennessee.. It is definitely not a city that is considered a tourist hot spot but the reason why we will be there is to visit my uncle and he has reassured me that is an amazing national park near by .

Sin city- Vegas

The White House- Washington DC

Time Square- New York

 Washington and NY are our last stops. I cannot wait for NYC!! All the feedback I've heard of NYC is that it is truly an amazing city and I cannot wait to see the city that never sleeps for my self!

I would love to hear any suggestions you may have of places to go and see in these cities :)

Till next time, thanks for reading

Miss Scribble