Blogs from West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, North America - page 3

After almost 20 hours flying time plus 6 hours waiting in Sydney we finally made it to Los Angeles at about 5pm local time. We caught a shuttle bus to our hotel in West Hollywood, called Vibe Hotel, right on Hollywood Boulevard. It had a great atmosphere, and is set up specifically for backpacker types such as us, so we didn´t feel too lonesome! The boulevard is much more run down and dilapidated than I expected - broken footpaths and homeless people wandering around. Kathryn and I wandered up the street spotting stars with names we recognised (stars on the ground set into concrete - not actual live stars!), and laughing at the crappy costumes of the celebrity impersonators in front of the Chinese Theatre. We finally finished up in an Irish pub til one am. ... read more

Still under the weather Laura left me all alone and she hit the shops and brought me some drugs home to perk me up. She also brought me some chicken and bean burrittos, what's superstar eh?!??! In the evening we went to the cinema to watch "men who stare at goats", wierd and funny. ... read more

Well it feels like coming home! We start recognizing bits! Banana Bungalows are rocking! At least we can drink here and are actively encouraged to! A little wine, a bit of TV, and an early night. We are up for breakfast and getting some directions to the airport so we can drop the car back. A pretty straight run and we are at the airport, which is where the fun begins! We find the budget car return place but cannot for the life of us figure out how to drop the car off, no one is around so we drive around until we see someone else just drive in, pull up where all of the other cars were and magically someone appeared, took our mileage and signed us out! Bus to the local bus stop and ... read more

missing photos from L. A. finally got access to download from Liam's phone!... read more

saturday september 19- FLY TO EUROPE sunday september 20- arrive 7:50AM BARCELONA monday september 21- BARCELONA tuesday september 22- BARCELONA wednesday september 23- BARCELONA-FLY TO NICE thursday september 24- NICE friday september 25- NICE-TRAIN TO CINQUE TERRA saturday september 26- CINQUE TERRA sunday september 27-CINQUE TERRA monday september 28- CINQUE TERRA-TRAIN TO ROME tuesday september 29- ROME wednesday september 30- ROME thursday october 1- ROME friday october 2- FLY HOME... read more