Blogs from Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States, North America

It’s been a long time since my last post, but here I am again with a new adventure. I am currently staying at the OzReport World Headquarter with Belinda and Davis at Cathedral City, California. But let me tell you how I got here. Next week, there will be a congress in Palm Springs, California, at which I will be presenting a number of studies with one of our MDs, Andreas. I decided to extend the stay a bit before and after the conference. Belinda invited me to spend some time with her and Davis before the congress, so I booked a flight to Los Angeles for the 20th of February. The journey was kind of exciting because I was going to fly from Hamburg via Frankfurt to Los Angeles, and the air traffic controllers had ... read more

What an amazing 4 days we have had….Los Angeles certainly is the land of the ricj=h and famous! I will start from the beginning back when we were in Sydney International Airport. Peter and I were sitting waiting to board our flight and as usual, Im looking around, scanning the crowd when Im suddenly drawn to someone I thought I knew….In my head, I began thinking “Oh My God, Oh My God, Oh My God”….I tapped Peter but the words wouldn’t come out! Eventually I got the words out.. ”Peter, Its Russell Crowe” and at that Peter followed him as he thought I was telling some lies!! Well he soon found out that in fact Russell Crowe had just walked past us, wearing black Adidas Track Pants and a black long sleeved top he boarded our ... read more

Today we caught two buses across town to the Tar Pits where we saw the worlds's biggest collection of recent fossils of creatures living 10-12,000 years ago. It was a childhood dream of Trish's to see this place. As an Anthropologist it is a trip to a significant place in history. Well it didn't disappoint. We got up close and personal with a range of bones and smelly oozing bitumen. We even got a battery charger for our camera. Trish forgot to pack ours. Now that will be worth points. We made a brief visit to the sculpture garden but I guess we were pretty much "museumed out". People are really helpful and kind. The bus service is really good. It feels safe and a happy place for most, but we have heard 3 or 4 ... read more

Heute habe ich den Stadtteil Beverly Hills besucht. Ich bin vom Hostel den Beverly Boulevard längs spaziert bis nach Beverly Hills. Das erste was ich gesehen habe, war das Polizeirevier von LA, wie im Film Beverly Hills Cop. Dann war das obligatorische Beverly Hills Zeichen dran. Danach ging es zum Rodeo Drive, dem Luxus-Shoppingviertel von LA. Wenn man so will hat LA nicht so viel zu bieten, ausser diese paar Orte die ich aufgesucht habe. Fehlt nur noch der Besuch der Universal Studios am Montag. Abends war ich noch mal am Hollywood Boulevard und hab mir diesen Teil bei Nacht angeschaut. Werde wohl noch ein paar Souvenirs kaufen müssen. Hatte vorhin noch mit dem Amerikaner, den ich in Tokio getroffen habe telefoniert. Möglicherweise kann ich die zwei Tage die ich nach Las Vegas in LA verbringe ... read more