Blogs from Los Angeles, California, United States, North America - page 15

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Getting back in the saddle: It’s that time of life again. I’ve decided to take another multi-country trip. Though I don’t plan to physically circumnavigate the globe again, I do plan on hitting a good number of countries over the next 3+ months. I’m hoping to take some of the lessons from my last trip. This time I got a friend to rent my place for a few months. I also have credit cards that don’t have international fees. Most importantly I switched to T-Mobileand get free text messages, unlimited 2G data, and $0.20 phone calls if I’m not on wifi. On wifi it’s as if I’m in the US. This is a huge difference over the last time, as I was constantly jumping into coffee shops or McDonalds’ to check my email or Facebook. Back ... read more

We woke-up this morning still absolutely certain that we could not face the freeways again for another day, so today we planned to get to the Downtown area by the Metro Rail. Why not? We've done the Tube in London and the Subway in New York so we know how these things work. As we eventually managed to work out in New York, we first needed to buy a 'Tap Card' and then charge it with credit. No problem there. To get to Downtown, we had to take the Green Line to Willowbrook / Rosa Parks and then change to the Blue Line. Also, no problem there. The Green Line was actually quite nice. Then we got on the Blue Line. After Redondo Beach, Hollywood and La Crescenta, the Blue Line was a great way to ... read more

Ještě stále vás zdravím ze slunné Kalifornie, konkrétně Venice, kde jsem u kamaráda ubytovaná. Všichni berou Venice a Santa Monicu jako součást LA:) Ale hezky popořádku. Nadešel den D, den, kdy jsem konečně měla opustit Toronto, vůbec jsem smutná nebyla, ani na to nebyl čas. Musela jsem jet nočním autobusem, kvůli brzkému letu. První ranní metro jsem nechtěla riskovat, tak jsem se táhla se dvěma mega těžkýma kuframa na zastávku Dufferin, nacpala se s nima do přeplněného busu, stála celou cestu až na Kipling a pak ještě chytit další bus na letiště - Terminál 3. Naše známá mi říkala, že se teď pro lety do USA doporučuje být na letišti už 3 hodiny před odletem, jelikož se všechny kontroly přesunuly do Toronta a byla to pravda. Měla jsem již hotový online check-in, tudíž jsem ani na ... read more

Before leaving Carmel, we thought we would have a look at the Carmel Mission, which was clearly the most historic building in the area. Unfortunately there was a funeral taking place, so it would have been completely inappropriate to do the tourist thing and stroll round taking selfies and the like. Finally it was time for that long drive south to Los Angeles. We decided to take the "California Route 1" coast road as that would definitely be more enjoyable than some nondescript freeway. That was definitely a good idea, although the winding roads started to make us all feel a bit green after a while. There were lots of "Vista Points" along the way to stop for views, although a lot of those views were of cloud and mist. The weather is definitely not on ... read more