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North America » United States » California » Los Angeles December 2nd 2016

Geo: 33.9439, -118.404Had an eventful flight to LAX on Thursday. The strong winds made for a bumpy ride and the seat belt signs were on for hours. Plus side was that we landed nearly an hour early at 5:40am. The passenger in the seat in front of me suffered some sort of medical emergency during the night (a stroke perhaps?) and we waited for 40min or so on arrival for the paramedics to assess him and stretcher him off the plane. I don't know if the wait meant we doubled up with other arriving aircraft but it took ages to clear immigration, with long serpentine queues reminding us of Disneyland. Then my luggage didn't arrive (!) and it took some time to get through customs and report the fact to baggage services. Fortunately my bag was ... read more

North America » United States » California » Los Angeles December 2nd 2016

Geo: 33.7054, -118.294Dropped Erin off at work then headed south along the coast to sight-see. Checked out the port at Long Beach then drove down to Newport Beach. Couple of shopping stops then picked up Erin and went to the La Playita Mexican restaurant at Hermosa Beach for dinner.... read more
Long Beach Port entrance
Point Fermin
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North America » United States » California » Los Angeles » Culver City November 17th 2016

Le 4 octobre, la famille Aubry avec ses 8 valises, ses 4 valisettes, ses 4 sacs à dos et ses 3 chats s'est envolée pour Los Angeles, en partant de Bâle et avec un petit arrêt à Roissy, histoire de se dégourdir les jambes, avant les prochaines 11H45 de vol ! Le plus incroyable, c'est que nos chats n'ont pas miaulé une fois de tout ce long périple, à tel point qu'en arrivant, après les formalités un peu longues d'entrée sur le sol américain, on est sorti de l'aéroport sans que personne ne remarque nos petites bêtes, bien camouflées dans leurs sacs depuis presque 20 heures.., comme quoi, il ne faut pas trop se prendre la tête ! Ensuite, ce fut l'installation dans notre nouvelle maison pour les 9 prochains mois ! Pendant une petite semaine, ... read more
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Un petit coup de mou !
On est arrivé !

North America » United States » California » Los Angeles October 31st 2016

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North America » United States » California » Los Angeles October 30th 2016

Geo: 34.0633, -118.359Late to bed on Sat night, so after a sleep-in we went for brunch to Gracias Madre, a vegan Mexican restaurant on Melrose in West Hollywood. Food was great, especially the roasted tofu dish.Then we spent a few hours at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the adjacent La Brea Tar Pits.We fly out tonight around 11pm and get home on Tues morning.... read more
Japanese Art Pavillion
Interesting building forms
Lake Pit

North America » United States » California » Los Angeles October 29th 2016

Alright so as I am sure many of you have guessed we are home now...I am sorry that this blog entry is almost a month late but between not having internet on the train on the way home and all of the things that have happened at work since I got back life has been a little hectic. We check out of our AirBnb at about 0730 on the 29th of October for the trip to King Street Station, there was a lot of construction on the road so we were running a little bit late. I grabbed the bags out of the trunk of the car and went with Angie to check them in for the journey home. Jennifer went and returned the rental car and grabbed an Uber back to the station. We sat ... read more

North America » United States » California » Los Angeles October 29th 2016

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North America » United States » California » Los Angeles October 5th 2016

A day of layover. Before starting our long haul to New Zealand. We had a full day to spend in the area of Los Angeles. Best solution: a bus tour to see th sights. Visited Venice, Marina del Rey, Beverly hills, Bell Air and Hollywood. Saw the star of Mickey Mouse on the walk of fame and the houses of different "famous people/ film stars". After the tour you come to the conclusion that hard work is worth much less than looks and a bit of talent, but who are we to complain. We are now sitting on the airport waiting for the plane that will take us to New Zealand. A flight of over 13 hours. We will report back when arrived.... read more
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North America » United States » California » Los Angeles October 3rd 2016

Today we did Los Angeles. It was an early start, but everyone was on the bus at 8am prompt and we set off along our old friend the PCH (highway 1). Our guide for the day was Mele, a Santa Monica resident who originally came from Germany. She proved to be an informative and well-organised lady, who was either instructing the bus driver which lane to be in and where to go, or regaling us with facts about LA. Luckily, as it was early Sunday morning, the traffic into LA was quite light and we were soon at our first stop - the Walt Disney Concert Hall. We walked through the plaza and then around the periphery of the theatre. As we drove through LA we passed many of the famous landmarks including Capitol Records building, ... read more
Beverley Hills sign
Oscar ceremony venue
Santa Monica beach

North America » United States » California » Los Angeles » Long Beach October 1st 2016

Week 2: During my second week here I was able to walk and do the chores that I was assigned. Another girl also arrived during this week, she is from Switzerland and is very nice. Thankfully we get along very well and this makes the work a lot more fun as well. We went on some trail rides on horseback which was very cool because I used to ride horse before I went to Windesheim but had no more time to do so one my study started. We went through some mountains and it became dark quite quickly. Also during my second week I managed to roll my other ankle quite badly and this made me wonder if this was the right place to stay. Within 24 hours of making the decision to leave the ranch, ... read more
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