Blogs from Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, North America
LA Tour of the stars.
Published: April 26th 2012North America » United States » California » Los Angeles » Hollywood
April 25th 2012
1st full day in LA today so we took the touror around town. We have been around Hollywood and the city as well as Rodeo drive and Melrose for some shopping and window shopping. We got the tour of the Chinese theatre and Kodak theatre and oscars and stars walk. We had a good tour guide and a huge 6 hour tour around town. We went everywhere. Took some good pics and Chloe was a little disappointed I think that we didn't see any actual stars although everybody in LA thinks they are a star. We are planning dinner next door at the cafe next to the hotel in west Hollywood it is nice and the very helpful young men are all extremely happy. LOL! For those interested in cars I saw a Bugatti in Rodeo ... read more
Los Angeles.....Hollywood Baby!!!!
Published: April 19th 2012North America » United States » California » Los Angeles » Hollywood
April 19th 2012
Hi All, We flew on Thursday 22nd March and had a 10hr night flight which landed us in Los Angeles at 11:45am on Thursday 22nd March - we had to do the day again!! We were pretty tired and made our way to a Super 8 Motel just outside of the LAX airport. We spent the day trying to stay awake but I fell asleep around dinner time and woke up again about 8pm. That was a big mistake as Anton stayed up until about 10pm and managed to get straight to sleep but I was still on Fiji time and was still awake at 2am! We slept until 9am but both felt like zombies! After breakfast we went back to the airport and caught a shuttle bus to our Best Western Hotel in the Hollywood ... read more
Hollywood!
Published: April 17th 2012North America » United States » California » Los Angeles » Hollywood
April 17th 2012
HollywoodBusted out universal studios today after a pub crawl in Hollywood last night. Pub-crawl was organised by hostel and we managed two bars then were too drunk haha! But met some cool people and won the ring the bull game, throw a ring onto their horns! Then got chatted up by the gay bar man who gave me free whiskey shots yay...... Well I didn't know he was gay, just thought he was nice but appaz he was very gay haha. Talked about sport all night so that was good! Emily also lost her card so has cancelled it, and now she's found it! ... read more
FIRST Horse ride ever!
Published: April 11th 2012North America » United States » California » Los Angeles » Hollywood
April 11th 2012
We headed to the Sunset Ranch near the Hollywood sign to go on an hour's horse ride through Griffith Park. The horses tend to walk near the edge of the path by the drop down the mountain which made it interesting!. This was a first for Dawn, Ellie and I and it was a thrill, not for the faint-hearted but not to be missed. Adding to the excitement a number of fire dept and news helicopters hovered over the park but didn't scare the horses. I ended up as the lead rider as the horse knew where to go! We are too scared to take pictures of the views ..... so take our word for it that is was awesome!! After the ride we all had rather sore bottoms and stiff legs for a while! The ... read more
Los Angeles Smog
Published: March 27th 2012North America » United States » California » Los Angeles » Hollywood
The Final Chapter
Published: February 28th 2012North America » United States » California » Los Angeles » Hollywood
February 28th 2012
So as I sit here in a hostel bed in Hollywood at 10pm after travelling from what was 2am US Pacific time I thought I'd do the sappy reflective blog of it all. But I won't bother. If you've been following my blog you know exactly what the last few months have meant for me and there's no need for me to go over it. So I'm just going to end with how my last night in the Northern Hemispshere went then find you my favourite photo from the last 3.5 months. So basically got into the third world airport that is LAX at 6 and managed to find my bag after they dropped us at the wrong terminal and we had to walk for ages. I of course took public transport to get to Hollywood ... read more
Grammy Museum
Published: February 29th 2012North America » United States » California » Los Angeles » Hollywood
February 28th 2012
Aujourd hui, je suis restee relaxe! C est ma derniere journee libre, donc je suis allee au Grammy Museum, je suis passee vite sur l etage du Beattle Morisson mais j ai fait doucement le tour des autres etages. C est toute l histoire de la musique americaine qui y est racontee, avec des extraits musicaux et des videos d archives. Il y avait bien sur un mega jukebox, et les palmares des chansons et albums qui ont gagnes des Grammys. Le reste de la journee, je me suis reposee, car j ai une autre longue journee demain : les studios de Warner Brothers! photo du biscuit : il etait tres bon, et avec les fraises et les tites patates, miam miam... read more
Downtown et Hockey des Kings
Published: February 26th 2012North America » United States » California » Los Angeles » Hollywood
February 26th 2012
Aujourd hui, journee J etais encore beaucoup trop tot : 7h. Donc pire cette fois! En plus, le samedi, il n y a personne sur les rues avant 9h, et les shops ouvrent a midi... J ai donc pris plein de belles photos sans peuple. J ai commence par Chinatown, qui m a litteralement etouffee. Leur Plaza est jam-pack, il n y a meme pas de place a marcher! C est gigantesque et toutes les boutiques ont les memes prix et stock. Bref, je suis repartie bredouille apres 1h... Ensuite, destination El Pueblo, ou leLe site est le plus vieux de l Etat, car la Californie appartenait aux Mexicains a cette epoque. J y suis allee samedi, car il y a le marche dehors. Vers 16h, c etait le temps d aller a la game de ... read more
Pasadena & Universal Studios
Published: February 26th 2012North America » United States » California » Los Angeles » Hollywood
February 25th 2012
Aujourd hui, je suis allee tres tot dans Pasadena, mais rien n etait ouvert, car j y etais a 7h am! Je me suis promenee dans le coins, qui est magnifique, car la ville est dans les montagnes! Apres avoir marche jusqu a 9h, je suis repartie en bus + metro jusqu a Universal! Ce fut long (1:30h) mais vers midi, j etais prete a me battre contre les momies et dinausaures, et Shrek! C est cher, 77$ l entree, mais je comprends parce que y a du budget dans ce parc! J y allais surtout pour Jurassic Parc, mais King Kong et les Mommy etaient cool aussi. Et Shrek en 4D etait impresionnant! La chaise bougeait avec les galops des cheveaux, et on se faisait asperges quand Donkey eternue! Bref, tout les sens sont stimules, ... read more
Only in Hollywood...
Published: February 22nd 2012North America » United States » California » Los Angeles » Hollywood
February 22nd 2012
Day 2 Having booked our Hollywood City Pass online on viator we were ready to explore the town. This pass included Madame Taussauds Wax Musuem, Kodak Theatre (The Oscars Venue), Red Line walking tour and Starline tour of Holllywood stars homes for around $AUS60. Super good value and we managed to do all in the one day. We caught the Metro from our hotel and in just two stops we were in HOLLYWOOD!!! The ticket was $5 for a daily ticket (anywhere in the city btw).. and was so easy to buy from the vending machine at the station. It was raining today and we were not prepared for the rain or the temperature. It was around 6 degrees and we were in jeans and jumper and of course my umbrella decided it was ready to ... read more
