Day 2 - Monday, March 22, 2010

Ross and Sussana arrived close to midnight last night after their plane was delayed for two hours in London after it was decided someone on the plane was too ill to fly - so they had to remove their bags before they could set off.
This morning we all were pretty tired - though Ross and Susanna were up early with their body clocks still in UK time.
The girls slept quite late with their body clocks still in Aussie time and recovering from the long trip.
So we set off for our first visit to Disneyland after an early lunch. It was just a 20 minute walk from our house.
Disneyland was fantastic. Ellen and Katherine were quite overawed at first: it is a real assault on the visual senses. In some ways the colour of everything is amazing - it really feels like you have just stepped into a cartoon.
The girls enjoyed several rides and we really got a good feel for the park. We stayed there until about 7.30 - the 7 hours we were there just flew by.
My favourite ride today was the Nemo Submarine; the girls liked the Big Thunder Railroad that they went on with Alastair.
I went on the Autopia ride with Ellen - OMG I am NOT looking forward to teaching her to drive! This ride consists of little cars that run on a concrete track. I operated the accelerator as it was quite hard to push and Ellen managed the steering. Thank goodness it had the concrete barrier that meant you couldn’t get off the road. Ellen managed to continually steer the car into the barrier so I came off the ride feeling like I’d been on a dodgem car.
Watched the fireworks again from the front porch after dinner. Planning a big day at both theme parks tomorrow.
Carlene