Right, so Greyhound sucks the big one in the US... as an intro, I booked a local bus from LA to Oakland because it would give me more time to sleep and the local runs usually aren’t as busy. The trip was supposed to be 10 1/2 hours – plenty of time to sleep – instead of the 6 hour express. Needless to say Greyhound screwed me over which I’ll explain in a minute, but before I get to that, a few moments from last night. While waiting for the metro, a bunch of college kids were trying to get signatures for a petition. When one of them came over to me, he asked me to sign for better health care... I think a smug grin crossed my face haha. I shook my head – sorry, ... read more

Ok, so today just plain rocked my socks. Morning was spent puttering around Hollywood... I had to check out by 10am but I didn’t need to bus to Burbank until noon, so I just wandered in and out of shops and such. It was easy enough to get to NBC. On the ticket it says be there by 2:45pm, but everything I read online said to get there earlier if you want to make sure you get in. So. I got there at 12:45pm haha. There was already a small line – but I was 34th so I figured that was pretty good! I brought a book so I read for a bit, then the guy sitting beside me kept trying to talk to me... but he was a little odd. He was a dump-truck driver ... read more

Today was the Warner Bros Tour – it was actually well worth the money – I had a ball. I made sure to get there early – I just puttered around the gift shop wishing I had the money to pay $25 for a bunch of shirts haha. Or better yet a Harry Potter Wizards Chess set for $295 ;) But seriously, the Big Bang Theory shirts were all great – Soft Kitty, Bazinga, Friendship algorithm, various other design with the guys’ silhouettes and/or clothes. All very cool. Harry Potter had a lot of cool stuff too, but I’d seen most of it already at Universal in Florida. And of course there was “Live Laugh Dance” Ellen stuff :) They start the tour off with a short video that’s basically a clip-reel over the past 75 ... read more

Disneyyyyyyyyyy Day! Disney day started very, very early. I had to catch a bus into LA at 5:55am... plus do check-out and walk to the stop, so I got up at 5am. Le sigh. I decided to change hostels for the rest of the trip so that I’m not destroying sleep time every morning. The drive into LA was interesting – I took a different bus since I was going to Union Station; it took the highway and traffic was heavier going west/south out of LA than it was going in... I found that odd, but then again I have no idea where people work and how those logistics work. It was also 6am, so that might change during real rush hour. Anywho, I took the Amtrak to Anaheim... totally fell asleep, but they announce the ... read more

Well, today was quite the adventure! Haha. I woke up early again which is good I suppose – gives me more time to get stuff done. I bussed into town and headed straight to Old San Diego/Historic Town. The area is pretty much “Upper Canada Village” but smaller/less staff dressed up. It was neat though! They had a Mexican garden/fiesta area which had amazing decor and sculptures. I wandered through the “Stable House” and read up about some of the history of the city in another museum-like area. The courthouse/jail was neat too – the jail was basically just an iron block big enough to stand in. The General Store and Confectionary Store were fun to look around as well – even better with free samples (dill pickles and peanut butter fudge... thankfully, not together haha) ... read more

So, took the overnight bus to San Diego via LA – my poor sleep schedule is so out of whack. Oh well. The bus station in Vegas was actually nice – they had a tv playing “Impractical Jokers” so the whole whack of us in line were killing ourselves laughing for an hour. Wish Canadian bus stations had tv... Try as I might, I barely slept from Vegas to LA... it was 3am and still no dice, so I got maybe 30min to an hour. LA was pretty sleepy looking traffic-wise, but I guess 4am isn’t exactly prime travel time. Bus station in LA was less pleasant... whole bunch of very seedy looking characters along with a lot of (apparent) gangsters... so many tattoos and scars in one place. Two of them cut in-line... I didn’t ... read more