It is so beautiful here and incredibly nice. The weather is a cool 85, no humidity which is awesome! We arrived at 8 am hoping to take in some sites but jet lag took over and we decided to take it easy the first day.
We rented a nice car with a GPS that makes getting around easy. Thank goodness we got it because it's been much easier at finding the simplest of things.
Our first stop was IHOP for breakfast. It was yummy. Then we made our way to our hotel. This place has everything. We love it.
Changing our plans for the day, we decided to check out Hawaii's biggest mall. We found CoCo's (which we thought was only in Japan. Charlie loves it so much. I know he'll stop in before we leave). It was a big surprise. Deciding on lunch was more difficult. There is such an international flare here, nothing American about the food court at all. But we ended up getting pizza just because we really did not want Asian food and it sounded so good at the time.
Shopping was next on our list. The girls had never step foot in a mall (how could I deprive them so?) They weren't into it much at first but all it took was one purchase to get them started. 250 stores later and we were buying new wardrobes with the latest accessories. I think we've started something here. The girls were in heaven.
We took a break from it all and got THE best shaved ice in the world. You haven't had anything good until you've had this. You can pick one flavor or as many as 6 flavors. It was huge and so good.
