Following in Palin's Footsteps!

Today is a very exciting day - after years of watching Michael Palin and using his clips in lessons we are following in his footsteps and are crossing the border into Tijuana, Mexico. I'm very excited - Daniel however not so much - more scared lol.

It's actually very simple to do - straight tram down to the end of the tram line at San Ysidro then we're there!! We popped into a shop by the tram stop to get a drink and some change for the tram and as we're leaving the tram was already there so we hopped on thinking we can buy a ticket on board, however we reached our stop and no one had been round. Technically we bunked our way to Mexico!

10 minutes and we're across the border - no passport check, nothing. We walked past a couple of guards with big guns and we were in!! I have the feeling it won't be like that coming back!

We walked across the bridge into central Tijuana passing some sights on the way. We saw several people hanging by the river and several donkeys painted as zebras!

There was some kind of celebration going on and the pedestrianised part was decorated with some great bunting.

We picked, carefully, somewhere to eat and ordered some traditional fair - fajitas and margaritas! Wasn't great going to the loo though - a cockroach ran past my feet and I had to use the kitchen sink to wash my hands! Hmmmmmm. Daniel was paranoid he was going to get food poisoning but he was fine!!

Knowing it would take forever to cross back we made our way back to the border, taking some pictures for lessons on the way. We didn't get anywhere near the border when we reached the queue for it!

A few hours later, several passport checks and some questions answered and we were back in America! Definitely an experience and one I can talk about from personal experience now rather than just using film. Though Michael Palin will still feature in those lessons!!

As it's our last night in San Diego we thought we'd go back to the sushi place we found on our first night. Still great food and still happy hour!

Tomorrow we're off to our final city - Chicago. I love Chicago, it's a great city and I'm very excited going with Daniel. It's a shame we're not there longer than we are as there is so much to do. So signing off from California - mid-west America here we come!!