After breakfast at Coco’s, a further more relaxed but early visit to Disneyland again, via the China Store, on Oscar day where Cliff Eastwood won Best Actor and Emma Thompson best actress.
Time in Fantasyland, returning after dark to the fort on Tom Sawyers Island. The Clinton Health hearings opened examining the sorry tale of the failed US Health system sees the poor person Medicaid growing like topsy just as n Britain the Tories are trying to tear apart a much better system.
Our bodies try to adjust to the local time zone but we still continue to get up at 4.00am and retire at 7.30pm to make it easy for next week and beyond. We breakfasted at Coco's along Harbour Boulevard to take advantage of the $3.69 weekday Breakfast Platter prices and then stopped off at the 711 Corner Store for some cards, maps and supplies before parking our car back at the hotel and walking to Disneyland again. A milder day ensued and, despite the morning sun being replaced by cloud later, at least my decision to leave my coat behind in the hotel was vindicated.
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A more relaxed day at Disney. We still entered the park at 9.00am via the china store and went on the same first star rides but we then went over to Fantasyland and took rides on the Disney character trains, so avoiding the longer queues when most others took their younger children along later. We came out of the park at lunchtime for food at the Disneyland Hotel but then returned until dusk, being turned out of the fort on Tom Sawyer's Island and catching the last raft back. We were running out of dollars today and had to cobble some tea together from the local shop. This day in Hollywood nearby, the Academy Award Dinner was taking place and the TV coverage told us that Cliff Eastwood won Best Actor and Emma Thompson best actress; an English actress for her performance in the English film, Howards End.
The Clinton health hearings opened with Mrs Clinton away tending her dying father and the vice-president in the chair. We saw the first witnesses deliver their evidence on television. The Americans have a health system bursting at the seams as their poor-person Medicaid grows like topsy; their retired-citizen Medicare is sidelined and struggles with long-term care costs; and their private insurance-based occupational schemes become an onerous burden on employers and employers alike. It is ironic that in Britain the Tories are trying to tear apart a much better system.