Michael is an aspiring script writer and accomplished actor who despite his 'too cool for school' appearance was very quickly corrupted and misled by our ever increasing insanity. He slipped in to his role as the third member of 'The Mousekeeters' and we were shocked at how easily he had infiltrated the duo and become a friend.
Michael showed us the real Hollywood life taking us to the bars that locals frequented, intimate comedy clubs and even kindly sorted out a free trip to Universal studios!
Amongst the madness our evenings were spent whiling away the time in front of an open fire discussing films, philosophy, politics and countless other subjects.
Michaels pad was a hidden retreat, a quirky mix of old leather sofas, bare brick walls and a chilled zen garden. Our hosts original plan was to head off to work and leave us in charge of his house while he was away, fortunately after our first evening together perhaps he had lost all faith in us or just just enjoyed our company so much he decided to stay and share in the adventure of our last few days in America.
Universal studios was incredible, we managed to squeeze in every ride at the park and get totally drenched on the Jurassic park ride whilst sporting awesome bright green zombie face paint that looked more than a little bit drippy after that.
The night before our departure we had a bonfire in the garden and made our own take on indulgent s'mores (marshmellows, caramel waffels and chocolate crackling sauce) with a side order of sweaty cooked banabas pulled from the embers. After the sugar high of a game of Chubby Bunny we had the most ridiculous 'Facebook party,' oh how we rofled and loled
We spent our last day with Michael hauled up in the mustang, roof down, sun shining and went to Venice beach to observe the oddities there as we glided past it all on roller skates with only one major face plant injury! Jan was used as a human weight by the bench pressing Adonis at muscle beach, whilst Susie nursed a sore knee and a bruise ego from her massive public fall on the pier.
Michael totally changed our opinion on Hollywood and the LA lifestyle, we look forward to seeing his completed script in the future and miss our third Mouseketeer.
As we waited for our plane at LAX reminiscing over the past few weeks of our incredible West Coast adventure we were both finding it difficult to hold back the tears. We had met so many people that we can now call friends who had gone above and beyond the call of duty to help two young ladies have the most unbelievable journey of a life time.
Before boarding the plane we smiled to one another as we knew that although this part of our travels was over it was only just the beginning of our adventure and our next incredible destination was only a flight away across the pacific.
Peace and love,
Jan and Sooz.
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