A visit to Venice, Car research and looking forward to Friday!

Yesterday evening we decided to head over to Venice to have a look around. We took a stroll down Abbot Kinney Boulevard, which is lined with a variety of quaint shops, from home-made ice cream, to trendy bars, to sock shops and quirky little houses squished amongst them. We passed some kind of outdoor meeting where everyone was wearing pure white, flowing clothes and were about to do something that involved a lot of cushions on the ground?!?! Definitely an interesting area and somewhere I'm looking forward to exploring further.

The sunset along Abbott Kinney Blvd

Today I have been looking at cars to lease although we won't be able to actually get something until our social security numbers arrive, which is somewhat annoying but doesn't seem to be something we can get around. On the plus side the lease plans are so much better than in the UK, with typical interest rates about 1% compared to between 5% and 10% in England! I was especially proud I drove on the 'free way' (i.e. the motorway) on my own for the first time today and survived to tell the tale!

On Friday, I'm off to the lifesavers wild horse ranch for a day with the staff there to see what it would be like to work there. I'm so looking forward to being near a horse, just to get the smell on my hands and feel a soft neck on my cheek... it's something I've really missed since we came out here and I can't wait just to have some 'horsey' time....