West Coast Diary: Wurlitzer Time (Day 8)

Martin had to work today (or so he claimed) so we decided to do an outing with Sibylle and the kids to the nearby-ish CostCo (as the Americans drive everywhere it could have been 100 miles away and it would still be referred to as around the corner).

We thought we had seen everything done big already in the US, but this was ridiculous. There were palettes of products everywhere, including blueberries in 5kg bags, biscuits in 20kg boxes, ice cream and yoghurt in 10 litre tubs. No wonder you need a big car out here, that's just to fit in the groceries...

After some bagels for lunch, Martin came back and we set off to Mesa to visit a pizza restaurant (Organ Stop Pizza). We were not going to eat here however (although it did smell good) rather we were going to watch the show.

This place has a huge Wurlitzer (the largest pipe organ in the world) with over 6000 pipes, and numerous percussion instruments. Whilst the musician plays, there are all sorts of contraptions in the walls and on the ceiling that move, dance, make sounds and flash lights. Quite an experience.

After all that excitement we headed home to eat the Lamb and beef steaks that we had bought at the CostCo. Very tasty, and so much better than the ones we find in the supermarkets back in Europe. This could easily continue...