The Honeymoon begins

Today is the first day of our honeymoon! The day gets off to a rather hectic start when the taxi firm sends us an SMS to alert us to the imminent arrival of our taxi 45 minutes too early. Instead of risking the taxi leaving we rush out of bed faster than I think we've ever managed and are sat waiting 30 mins later with the taxi finally turning up.
We get to the airport 4 hours before our flight to raise the chances of being able to move seat as our pre booked ones are sat by the toilets, Yuck! We're in luck. The checkin assistant is able to move us to the front of the section and we get super leg room! Flight is fun given its an 11 hour journey. I watch 3 movies back to back and my wife manages just one although she reads most of her new book Big Sur. We've never flown Virgin Atlantic Premium economy (and probably won't afford to again) but its quite a change. The seats are bigger, theres way more space and the attention from the stewards is constant. Drinks and snacks are constantly bought round and the main meal isn't served in a plastic tray! Tastes really good too.
Finally touch down in Los Angeles around 3:30 and pick up our rental car from Alamo. Its a nice 2 door convertible but I thought it was supposed to have satnav but doesn't. Its not mentioned on the forms I have so I don't argue it, wish I had. We spend over 2 hours driving in circles looking for any kind of sign to Santa monica to no avail (the map we have is less than useless too it transpires). Eventually we use our phones to drive due west until we find the coast and then head north!
The Oceana hotel is excellent. We get a room upgrade on the first night and its huge! We're tired and weary but theres a nice surprise knocking at the door. Its a bottle of Prosecco and nibbles curtesy of my Best Man  Chris. Just what the doctor ordered.
We head out for a walk and dinner to try and stay awake till 10 to avoid jet lag. We feel like we've gotten a second wind of sorts. We find a nice Strada-esk italian called "Louise's" and order pizza and pasta. 5 mins in and we're falling asleep!
We stumble home and fall asleep as soon as we touch the pillows!

Paul