This morning we joined a tour of the city since it is very difficult to walk around and the public transport leaves a lot to be desired.
We were picked up from our hotel and joined our tour group so we could get started. We were on a mini bus with about 24 others. The sights we visited today were Venice Beach, Santa Monica, Rodeo Drive, various homes ( such as Madonna, Orlando Bloom, the house in which Michael Jackson died and many more), a growers market and some other sights along the way including a trip up Mullholland Drive to stop to take a photo of the Hollywood sign. Unfortunately it has been a celebrity sighting free trip to Hollywood for us.
Our first stop was Venice Beach. We stopped here for almost an hour which allowed us to get some lunch, go for a walk past the courts where the movie White Men Can't Jump had scenes filmed and Muscle Beach where people such as Arnold Schwarzenegger used to pump iron back in the day. Venice Beach is full of weirdos, dirty, lots of hippies, dope smoking people and people "Dr's" willing to hand out health cards for the legal use of marijuana, for a fee of course. It wasn't exactly what we were expecting and wouldn't be fussed if we never visited there again.
Next we drove through Santa Monica past the pier (which unfortunately we weren't stopping at, but that can be for next trip). Santa Monica is a much nicer stretch of beach than Venice and also has a fairly nice shopping area a few streets back form the beach. Once we had driven through Santa Monica it was time to head back to the Los Angeles.
Once we were back in LA, we stopped at a growers market for a short look around, as the area that we were supposed to visit was closed for the day due to Mexican Independence Day celebrations. We were supposed to be visiting El Pueblo de Los Angeles (where LA was first settled, 11 families, 44 people) back in 1781.
Next stop Mulholland Drive for photos of the Hollywood sign and a few celebrity houses. After Mullholland Drive it was off to Beverly Hills. The houses there are massive. Some of the cheaper homes in Beverly Hills go for as little as six to eight million. These are located in what is referred to as the flat section. After checking out homes we headed to Rodeo Drive.
We saw the shop that was used in Pretty Woman and the hotel that Richard Gere stayed at in the movie. Also along Rodeo Drive was a car called a Bugatti. These retail for about $2m. It is driven by one of the owners of one of the shops (the most expensive shop on the street, House of Bijan). We took some photos and the only shopping done was that of the window variety. Even with sales you would be lucky to find anything under $1000. Unless you buy something from the ice cream van.
From here we headed back to the hotel to pack our bags for an early start and a short bus ride to Anaheim so we can play at Disneyland.
That's it from the City of Angels and City of Broken Dreams......
City Rankings...so far:
1. San Francisco
2. Los Angeles
Stay tuned for more rankings.
We were picked up from our hotel and joined our tour group so we could get started. We were on a mini bus with about 24 others. The sights we visited today were Venice Beach, Santa Monica, Rodeo Drive, various homes ( such as Madonna, Orlando Bloom, the house in which Michael Jackson died and many more), a growers market and some other sights along the way including a trip up Mullholland Drive to stop to take a photo of the Hollywood sign. Unfortunately it has been a celebrity sighting free trip to Hollywood for us.
Next we drove through Santa Monica past the pier (which unfortunately we weren't stopping at, but that can be for next trip). Santa Monica is a much nicer stretch of beach than Venice and also has a fairly nice shopping area a few streets back form the beach. Once we had driven through Santa Monica it was time to head back to the Los Angeles. Once we were back in LA, we stopped at a growers market for a short look around, as the area that we were supposed to visit was closed for the day due to Mexican Independence Day celebrations. We were supposed to be visiting El Pueblo de Los Angeles (where LA was first settled, 11 families, 44 people) back in 1781.
Next stop Mulholland Drive for photos of the Hollywood sign and a few celebrity houses. After Mullholland Drive it was off to Beverly Hills. The houses there are massive. Some of the cheaper homes in Beverly Hills go for as little as six to eight million. These are located in what is referred to as the flat section. After checking out homes we headed to Rodeo Drive.
We saw the shop that was used in Pretty Woman and the hotel that Richard Gere stayed at in the movie. Also along Rodeo Drive was a car called a Bugatti. These retail for about $2m. It is driven by one of the owners of one of the shops (the most expensive shop on the street, House of Bijan). We took some photos and the only shopping done was that of the window variety. Even with sales you would be lucky to find anything under $1000. Unless you buy something from the ice cream van.From here we headed back to the hotel to pack our bags for an early start and a short bus ride to Anaheim so we can play at Disneyland.
That's it from the City of Angels and City of Broken Dreams......
City Rankings...so far:
1. San Francisco
2. Los Angeles
Stay tuned for more rankings.
No surprise there in the ratings Claire....I luv'd Santa Monica and that was about it for L.A. U will just LUV N.Y!! Keep up with the Blogs-luvin them-u2 make great stories!!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear the feedback. Thanks Jules, hope you are going ok Xx.
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