It is not getting better both kids up and about at 04:30 in the morning… we were all up, dressed, had eaten and out of the door at 07:00
Today’s plan was Hollywood
I had two great spots that I had found to view the Hollywood sign:
6962-6968 Mulholland Dr.
3387 Deronda Dr.
We headed for the first place - Mulholland Drive and we had the place for ourselves with nice views of both the Hollywood sign and over LA where we took lots of films and photos... by the time we were finished people started to arrive so we headed to the second spot – Deronda Dr.
On the way over the views were getting better and closer so we stopped off at a couple of places on the way… we also drove past the Hollywood reservoir and Lake Hollywood Park.
The road was closed off to the second spot, by the looks of it, it was to stop people drive up the street to take photos but we just drove around the barrier and parked up... there were two other cars there who were also taking photos… so we stopped to take a few
At this point it was too much for Isabella and she was tired from Disneyland the day before and at this point we also had enough of the sign… but we could not get away from it all day.
From the last point to view the sign we drove to Hollywood and Highland and parked at the Centre and at this point we were all a little hungry so we need some food and drink…
Before we could get to the food we passed the Chinese theatre where we stopped to see who was about with the hands and feet and then follow the stars on the sidewalk to McDonald’s where we ate…
Walking back down the other side of the street we found El captain and the Roosevelt hotel we also looked at the stars all the way to see who we could find we stop at Ozzy Osbourne, Slash, David Bowie, Tom Petty (where there were many tributes because he had just died a few days before) and also Donald Trump’s you could see that lots of people had tried to deface his star as it was not in great condition.
There was so many stars and also a lot of names that we didn’t know.
We finished and looked at heading back to the apartment as Isabella needed to rest... on the drive back we found Rodeo Drive and we took a few drives up and down the street to take a look at all the expensive shops…
Once Isabella and Maj-Britt were dropped off back at the apartment Emil and I set out to complete the day... at this time the traffic was very heavy as it was now 16:00 and our plan was to see the “forever Cemetery” where we had a nice walk… on the way we took a wrong turn and we ended up at the entrance to Paramount Studios where I made a quick U-turn before the security gate…
On the way back we took our route to the tar pits and we found that it had closed at 17:00… yes it was closed but we also wanted to take a look around the grounds and we didn’t want to pay the $12 parking so we found a place to park just a few minutes away.
Close to where we parked there was a $.99 store where Emil wanted to take a look, so we took a look in the shop…
On the way back to the car we walked past the LA County Museum of art and we looked at the lamps outside and the huge stone over the walkway…
It was a very nice day and packed from start to finish… the Hollywood hills was a highlight as it was nice to drive through and a slow pace
Hollywood was not as bad as I thought it would’ve been with some nice sites but there are too many people trying to give us tour leaflets, music CDs (of course that you have to pay for), film character to take photos with and most of the homeless in LA… this let Hollywood down…
Hollywood is not the fame and glamour that it should be... I would choose many other places above Hollywood to visit again.
We have also seen many crazy people… one time at a crossroads the guy was walking down a very busy High Street in the morning in his dressing gown, pyjamas and slippers - this was one of the best
I have just reviewed what we are missing from the LA list for tomorrow and we need to see the following:
The Griffin Observatory
Rainbow bar and grill
Old Mexican place
Union station
Angels flight
Walt Disney’s concert hall
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