Out and about in LA

Freezing at the beach

Well, we have now been in LA for 3 weeks, and it's been an awesome few weeks so far! I'll begin with our trip out here. We left early the morning of January 25, stopping in Texas Wednesday night, and staying with my friend Charlie and his wife in Arizona on Thursday night. Thanks so much Charlie! We decided to split this California trip into 3 days instead of just 2, haha.We arrived to our Burbank apt on Friday January 27. We absolutely love it! So many things are within walking distance: Grocery store, drug store, red box, restaurants, and a karaoke bar. We haven't yet sung, but hopefully by the end of this assignment we will build up the courage to sing our hearts out (doubtful, I know). We started our hospital/floor orientation the following Monday, and were finally on our own the next week. We aren't big fans of this hospital, actually we hate it (won't get into that here, since blog is supposed to be about all of our fun adventures!), which has us enjoying our days off even more than usual!!!

Girl's Night Out with Carly

Chad and Ian playing in cold water

So I will now continue on to tell you about some cool people we've met. Our hospital doesn't have many nurses our age, so we were pumped to meet Carly, another traveler that works on Hayley's floor and she's from Alabama! She came to watch the American's Got Talent LA auditions with us. That was pretty neat, however, Carly and I were completely exhausted since we worked the night before. Well worth it though :) We were also excited to meet some non-LAish people, Chad and Ian. They are roommates from a small town in Oregon and went to the University of Oregon (we won't hold that against them). They are pretty cool, so we decided to keep them around, haha. We took a trip to Manhattan Beach with them (will never go to that beach again during traffic!), which ended up being terrible b/c the football they brought was completely flat, and it was cloudy and cold outside. Good thing for blankets to wrap up in and snacks to eat (to keep our energy up). Hopefully next time we head to the beach, it will be nice and toasty!

In line at the Price Is Right

Our roomie V-day Dinner

A few other things we have done while here: A taping of Price is Right. No, we didn't actually get on the show, but I'm pretty sure we had our 5 seconds of fame and we got a free Grammy CD, so we won something right?! :) That same day we also went to a taping of "Whitney". Has to be one of the funniest shows, and I loved seeing them shoot the entire show in front of us. Pretty cool! For Valentine's we decided to be each other's valentine, and go out for a steak dinner! Stupid we know, but hey, that's us. Plus it was a dang good steak! Well I think that's about all. This past weekend we headed to Laguna Beach and Disneyland as an early B-day present to me, but that will just have to wait for another blog. So sorry to leave y'all in suspense like that, it's cruel I know! :)
Till next time,

~Hayley and Elizabeth~

We're back!!!!

Atlantic City Board Walk

Wow, where to begin? It has almost been 2 months since our last blog, so I will do just a quick recap. For New Years, Hayley and I decided to head to Atlantic City, NJ! We figured we should do something cool, that we normally don't do, and AC was perfect! We found a pretty cheap hotel, with a free shuttle, and booked it! Next was finding the perfect NYE dress! And that we did! Mine, black and sparkly, and Helly's black and purple sequins. Next to find a cool party to go to. Yet again, that we did! We we decided on Harrah's pool party! It was soo neat, with a DJ, open bar, and millions (at least it seemed that way) of people. We watched the clock turn midnight, screamed "Happy New Year," played a few slots, ate a cheeseburger and then headed back to the hotel. The following day, we toured a few casinos, ate at a buffet (our fav), and called it an early night. This was an awesome New Years and so glad to spend it with my roomie and one of my besties.

9/11 memorial

Empire State Building

Statue of Liberty

On to our last week in Connecticut. Hayley's parents came to visit, and we went to New York, and then Niagara Falls! In NYC, we went to the 9/11 memorial, Statue of Liberty, and the Empire State building! 3 things we had not yet done! The Statue of Liberty isn't nearly as big as I thought it would be, but still pretty neat! The view from the Empire State Building was pretty amazing, especially at sunset. Much better than the view from Top of the Rock (mainly bc there was no plexi glass). And then the Tree at Rockefeller Center was still up, so of course we had to go see that one more time. I thought her parents were going to kill us, b/c we walked sooooo much! There are so many cool pics, that I'm going to have to just have a slide show :)

Niagara Falls

The next day we began our freakishly long 7 hour drive to Niagara Falls, but it was sooo worth it! The falls were absolutely gorgeous! Hayley and I even went to Canada! It was soo very cold, but we just pushed through it so we could see as many amazing views as possible. The first day/night we went to the Americas Falls to take pictures with OC and Bobbie, and then Hayley and I went into Canada to take pictures facing the front of the falls. Btw, the Canadian side is WAY cooler, than the American side! What's up with that??  Anyway, for dinner, we of course had another buffet ;) and then headed back to the falls for some night shots (or better yet ice cold pictures). The next day, we decided to head to the Horseshoe Falls. Along the way, we saw a couple of rainbows. I was excited to catch them on film (im becoming an amateur photographer haha). More picture time! After 30 minutes of pictures, we were all thoroughly frozen and ready for the 7 hour trip back to Connecticut.

Our final trip for this blog is our trip to New Orleans. Hayley and I woke up at the crack of dawn and OC took us to the airport to catch our plane to NEW ORLEANS! Of course we had to fly from Detroit to NO with a bunch of LSU fans, ugh lol.  So Hayley's friend Jason, picked us up and we headed out on the town! First stopping for lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe and meeting up with Christy! Next was walking to the Rusty Nail and meeting up with Leah. Of course Leah was able to work her magic and get us in without standing in line! Next was to hang out with a bunch of Bama fans (not my fav part). Then the weather started to act like it was going to storm, so off to the hotel we went to watch the game. And so ends our last 2 weeks in Connecticut. Next blog, LA here we come!!!!!!!!

~Hayley and Elizabeth~