Again I’m writing at an airport waiting for my flight, this time at LAX. The four and a half days in L.A. were pretty amazing. Of course it was really sweet to see Anna at the airport, and for most of Thursday we didn’t do much else than enjoyed the feeling of being together again. Somehow it felt as if we hadn’t been apart for five months after all, just felt natural.
On Friday we walked around downtown and saw most of the major sight in there and then took the metro to Hollywood. Hollywood turned out to be a little disappointment, at least for me. Of course it was cool to see the start on the sidewalk and the hand and footprints, but somehow the whole entertainment business isn’t such a big deal for either of us. After Hollywood we walked down to Beverly Hills, which turned out to be the only slightly bad choice during the whole stay in L.A. The way was longer than we had thought and it was almost dark when we got there. But still the neighbourhood on the way there were worth seeing.
On Saturday we walked to Chinatown and had sushi for lunch in Little Tokyo. After that we went to Universal City’s Citywalk, which is basically a shopping/entertainment street next to the Universal Studios theme park. We walked around for a while and the saw a movie at the cinemas. Unfortunately it wasn’t an IMAX theatre, but maybe someday I’ll get there… After the movie we had dinner at a place called Jilligan’s, which turned out to be a good choice as it was sort of a sports bar and the local NFL team were playing for play-offs. Hence, the place was somewhat full of loud sports fans :)
Sunday was our physically active day. We took a bus down to Santa Monica, hired bikes and rode along the beach for the afternoon. Quite impressive actually, one could have ridden right next to the ocean for about 2 hours straight. We only made to Venice and a little beyond it. And yes, Venice was just what I expected it to be. Loads of eclectic people, excellent street performers, skaters and graffiti. We ended the afternoon by sitting at life guard tower during sunset. Nice…
As we were so close to it, we felt that not going to Disneyland would be a missed opportunity. So even though the weather looked a bit bad on Monday morning, we took a bus to Disneyland and it was well worth it. The place was corny, of course, but still well managed to awake the child within. All the areas and rides were brilliant to the smallest details and even the most cynical heart can only smile when Mickey Mouse wishes one a merry Christmas in the Disney parade.
All in all, L.A. was even better than I had expected. Of course it’s big, there a quite a lot of homeless people around and it takes time to get to places. But it was still really easy to get around with busses and the metro and the people seemed to be genuinely friendly.
In a half an hour I’m flying to New York, and then we are going to go up to Albany for Christmas. Really nice to get ‘home’ after travelling for over three weeks.
The photos from L.A. are at http://picasaweb.google.com/jyjuvi/CityOfAngels#
WARNING! Due to some uncensored cuteness, parental discussion is advised.
On Friday we walked around downtown and saw most of the major sight in there and then took the metro to Hollywood. Hollywood turned out to be a little disappointment, at least for me. Of course it was cool to see the start on the sidewalk and the hand and footprints, but somehow the whole entertainment business isn’t such a big deal for either of us. After Hollywood we walked down to Beverly Hills, which turned out to be the only slightly bad choice during the whole stay in L.A. The way was longer than we had thought and it was almost dark when we got there. But still the neighbourhood on the way there were worth seeing.
On Saturday we walked to Chinatown and had sushi for lunch in Little Tokyo. After that we went to Universal City’s Citywalk, which is basically a shopping/entertainment street next to the Universal Studios theme park. We walked around for a while and the saw a movie at the cinemas. Unfortunately it wasn’t an IMAX theatre, but maybe someday I’ll get there… After the movie we had dinner at a place called Jilligan’s, which turned out to be a good choice as it was sort of a sports bar and the local NFL team were playing for play-offs. Hence, the place was somewhat full of loud sports fans :)
Sunday was our physically active day. We took a bus down to Santa Monica, hired bikes and rode along the beach for the afternoon. Quite impressive actually, one could have ridden right next to the ocean for about 2 hours straight. We only made to Venice and a little beyond it. And yes, Venice was just what I expected it to be. Loads of eclectic people, excellent street performers, skaters and graffiti. We ended the afternoon by sitting at life guard tower during sunset. Nice…
As we were so close to it, we felt that not going to Disneyland would be a missed opportunity. So even though the weather looked a bit bad on Monday morning, we took a bus to Disneyland and it was well worth it. The place was corny, of course, but still well managed to awake the child within. All the areas and rides were brilliant to the smallest details and even the most cynical heart can only smile when Mickey Mouse wishes one a merry Christmas in the Disney parade.
All in all, L.A. was even better than I had expected. Of course it’s big, there a quite a lot of homeless people around and it takes time to get to places. But it was still really easy to get around with busses and the metro and the people seemed to be genuinely friendly.
In a half an hour I’m flying to New York, and then we are going to go up to Albany for Christmas. Really nice to get ‘home’ after travelling for over three weeks.
The photos from L.A. are at http://picasaweb.google.com/jyjuvi/CityOfAngels#
WARNING! Due to some uncensored cuteness, parental discussion is advised.
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