Visiting Los Angeles, USA - Options for an EIGHT hour Visit!
If the average weather records are anything to go by, it's likely to be hot.

22 Feb - Transfer to Renaissance Hollywood Hotel - Ann awoke this morning feeling much better, I think she spent most of the night praying and mentally willing herself better. Anyway, it worked although she's still very weak after no eating for 6 days.

As promised, Cunard provided a wheelchair and escort to help us disembark, they also paid for a taxi to take us directly to the hotel. On arrival at the hotel a doorman fetched a wheelchair for Ann and within a few minutes we were checked in and on our way up to the room. I made sure to check how much to tip the bellboy and I think I got it about right, $5 for bringing up 5 bags, as the same guy smiled and opened a door for us later in the day.

Once again I'd like to say thank you to all of the American people who emailed with advice and in most cases provided their own telephone numbers for us to call if we had hit any real problems. In particular I'd like to say thanks to "travel-to-go" (online persona name for Karie from the Cruise Critics Discussion Board) who wrote a fantastic email, which included useful telephone numbers along with practical advice all delivered with a sense of humour (wink). Cheers, I definitely owe you a beer or two {_}] {_}] there's two virtual beers to start with LOL

Hopefully, Ann will be up and walking under her own "steam" tomorrow. If so, we plan to visit the Getty Centre and casually stroll around town, nothing to strenuous as befitting QM2 passenger survivors!

Without tempting fate, it looks like both of us are now well on the road to full recovery and providing we take things steady, they'll be no need to call on US medical facilities.

23 Feb - LA city tour and Getty Centre - We handed back the wheelchair to the hotel this morning, Ann's determined to get back on her feet and try to carry on as normal. It cost us $50 each way by taxi to visit the Getty Centre and was worth every penny/cent. We were lucky enough to catch the Leonardo de Vinci exhibition and actually saw some of the great master's sketches along with many other works of art. However, by 2 PM we both felt totally exhausted and the stomach bug had returned with a vengeance, so we returned to the hotel for an early night.

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