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Published: December 20th 2006
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Marilyn Munroe
Nice one Benn! Had a bit of a sleep in finally to 9.30am. Went down stairs where our private limo picked us up with James our driver (such a limo driver name I recon). Neway it was private for about 5 mins until we picked up 6 others. So we headed off for our tour of Hollywood stars homes. First he took us up to some restaurant on the hill which gave us a closer look at the 'Hollywood' sign and a look over Hollywood (very nice). Next we went along Sunset Blvd (nite clubs etc) and visited Paris Hilton Hollywood home. She had about 4 different cars parked out the front. We continued down Sunset Blvd and saw Hallie Berry's house from afar and then we headed into Beverly Hills where most of the house are. We also saw a few in Bel Air. So I might just start name dropping so here goes
- Eddie Murphy
- Patrick Swaze
- Osborne’s (the one on their show)
- Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes
- Dr Phil
- Jackie Chan
- Robert Di Nero
- Michael Jackson's plastic surgeon
- Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony
- Sean Connery
- Richard Gear
- Steve Martin
Limo with James
Benn getting into the limo. Just see hollywood sign in distance - Fresh Prince of Bel Air
- Hilton Estate
- Robbie Williams (photo for Cheryl!)
- Playboy mansion (photo for John)
- Aaron Spelling Estate
- Angelina Jolie
- Demi Moore & Aston Kutcher
- Bruce Willis
And a few more of people we either didn’t know or didn’t care. So it was quite interesting. We saw alot of front gates, some huge houses and some very fancy cars in the drive ways. Saw alot of construction, gardeners etc.
Next we returned to Hollywood Blvd and went to the wax museum, which we had high expectations for and were overall disappointed. Not too many there wanted to see more. Ive attached a photo of me and Matthew McConahey (could of been a real one dammit) well at least I think it was meant to be him- not sure! The we went over the road to have a look at the Guinness Records which was nothing special.
Next we caught the metro train back to Downtown LA (saw a bit on the tour on the 1st day). The ticket was $3, which includes all day travel on any of the metro system in inner LA. So once we
Paris Hiltons Place
Just off the night club strip- talk about convient got there we went to Macy's (similar to Myer). Then went for a walk and found an ice skating rink in the middle of the buildings. It was soo nice, very American! Then we kept walking to what we thought was the dodgy area of LA. Dirty streets, cheap shopping, dodgy people try to sell you things, so we held onto our bags tight there! We imagine it to me a little bit like Tijuana Mexico which we are visiting next week.
Then our final stop was at the Staples Centre to the Ice Hockey (LA Kings Vs Canada somethings). It was very good. I bought a big hand, its cool and so American! So yeh it was quite physical, loved the crushing of the players against the glass (well its tough plastic). The entertainment was good. They gave away heaps of free stuff and put different people in the crowd up on the big screen and even found random couples put a heart around them so they would kiss (just what you see on the movies). Anyway we didn’t get singled out not did we win anything but it was fun. We even had a hot dog to
Go the LA Kings
I like my foam hand make sure we did everything the American way.
We arrived back in Hollywood at about 11pm, and decided to call it a night. Tomorrow we are heading back to Venice Beach and Santa Monica to have a further look around and then to Sunset Strip to go for a walk down it (only driven past). Then we will head back to Staple Centre for a NBA basketball game and hopefully catch a movie at the Chinese theatre after that. Universal Studios all day Thurs and we leave for Anaheim (Disneyland) on Friday.
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john
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gday guys its good to see you are having a good time its a shame you didnt get in the playboy mansion there would have been some good pictures in there! sarah you look very comfortable next too matthew mcconahey id watch out benn!