one of the great things i've discovered about eating out in america is that they really know how to do a good breakfast. i'm not talking piles of pancakes covered in bacon, ice cream and maple syrup to start your day off (although you certainly can get that if you want it!) but proper, nice, big, fresh and healthy breakfasts are done brilliantly too. whilst they're still larger than your average portion you cannot deny the freshness and the quality of the food. eggs are always done expertly and whilst it's different from what we're used to back home, i really love the way they do bacon. on a road trip one weekend my friends and i decided to stop off in palo alto for breakfast. palo alto is really nice little town full of restaurants and cafes and home to the infamous stanford university. we had a really good wander round nosing in all the nice shops and trying to pick which of all the charming looking cafes we were actually going to eat in. settling on coupacafé we got in the queue