My last ever morning of this trip HAS to be good, and a good morning can't exist in my opinion without breakfast and, more specifically, coffee. So I headed off to LA's renowned superior coffee shop, Intelligentsia. They have a branch in North Venice so I took an Easter Monday stroll with Nina through the quieter, more sophisticated perhaps, area of Venice.
Now Intelligentsia knows it's superior, with its wooden and chrome decor, its row of future Mark Zuckerbergs all lined up with their Apple Macs at the back of the shop, and of course there's it's celebrity fans like Jake Gyllenhaal. BUT, they do make extraordinarily delicious coffee. I'm no coffee snob, but this was one of the best coffees I've had and the honey and raisin bran muffin went down a treat too.
We then diverted slightly so that we could find the few remaining Venitian canals, that were introduced in 1905 to fit inside with the seaside town's then name, 'Venice of America'. Most of the canals have been covered over now to make way for cars but some are left and they are so pretty! Hate to think the cost of real estate down there but I could definitely imagine getting out the old gondola for a paddle out the back of my little apartment on the canal then strolling down to the mile long beach and don some Lycra and roller blades... Maybe not the last bit...
Then I just sat on the beach for an hour, reminiscing over the last three months and writing cheesy signs in the sand and posing with them just for you.
Then I'm off to Lax to fly home. On my arrival into the airport the shuttle bus driver pointed out my winged ride... A huge plane painted completely in forest green with all the hobbit characters pasted onto the side... Very subtle, Air New Zealand.
Saw Rudimental getting on the plane which provided some last minute excitement but really nothing is more exciting than going home right now. Ahh. What a trip.
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