Afetr a much needed sleep in (we got back form Disneyland at close to Midnight last night), we set off to find out what Pasadena had to offer us. After a quick Breakfast we caught a taxi to Huntington Library.
In this museum we discovered not only an original Gutenberg Bible - the first ever published book, the huge Audubon's "Birds of America", an edition of Shakespeare's first published works, and books belonging to such people as Isaac Newton (complete with hand written notes) and Einstein.
Also in the complex was a maze of gardens, including cacti, Japanese gardens, a small rainforest, Australian and even New Zealand plants. Oh, and skinks and squirells.
After leaving the Huntington, we spent altogether too long walking through the streets of Pasadena, with a gigantic Town Hall and some classic buildings. We walked our feet off again, but now know most of Pasadena very well indeed (which can be unfortunate, as many of the streets we travelled on a lot really were not that interesting).
We had the official standard huge American meal for dinner, and it's no joke about their size!
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