Santa Monica Beach

L.A. - Santa Monica and around!

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October 12th 2008
After exhausting most of LA yesterday, we decided to checkout of the hotel and hit the LA coast. We started in Santa Monica; parked the car and took a walk around the main sites of the area. The pier was decent and there was plenty going on on the main strip of shops. The beach was nice too, but with high rise hotels lining the coast, it wasn't really a place we were interested in staying too long ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more