SUNNY LA

In October this year I was lucky enough to spend 5 lovely days in LA with my husband 

with just 4 nights 5 days we had a lot to cram in so we planned well in advance ,

we brought 48 hr bus hopper passes , which gave us an option of 8 routes all around the city ,wow

was we glad that we did , LA is so much bigger then i imagined everything is far apart , it would have been impossible to do it o foot and I imagine a small fortune in cabs ,

The bus;s was fab and you was given earphone to listen to the commentary , 

I would thoroughly recommend listening , it gives you so much information on 

places and points of interest that would just pass you by if they was not 

pointed out to you , you can buy the passes on line HERE

they work out a lot cheaper then doing it while your there , also it 

saves on your spending money 

Hollywood's walk of fame was a real treat to go walk along ,
after seeing it and hearing about so often during our lifetime
it was very exciting to be able to go and walk along it ,
It was a very busy strip with many tourist shops with
people dressed as characters all over hustling to have a
photo taken with you for a few dollars , but I loved it.

I was so excited to find one of favorite actors on the walk of fame 

We also went to Santa Monica Beach on the Yellow bus route for a day 

while there we visitied the pier ,

again we brought armbands from Groupon

for a quarter of the price you would pay once there,

we printed the token and took them to the sales window 

and received our armbands it was a really easy process 

There's a very old fashioned fair on the pier ,with a few rides

and lots of old fashioned games ,it has a great

american feel to it and I would definitely go on the

very large Ferris wheel again 

We did get a cab to take us up to the Griffin Observatory 

form up here we had fantastic views of the whole of LA 

plus the famous Hollywood sign 

It really is one of the best places to actually see how big LA is with magnificent views

We had a really friendly cab driver who took us there and turned his meter off as he got 25 minutes free parking , to be honest i think he was glad for the rest as 

it was so hot in the cab he needed the fresh air as much as we did 

                 

One night we went to the famous Pinkys Hotdog Bar

and we got chilli on everything so unless your a big chilli fan i would go for something else 

its was hot and hard to eat ,but you sat out back on plastic chairs at plastic tables 

and it was a really enjoyable experience ,expect to queue they are always very busy , people travel from all over for their hotdogs 

   

                                                      

Beverly Hills was beautiful with its tree lined streets ,

one thing i did notice was how clean and tidy the whole are was not a bit of litter

to be seen anywhere , if only more places was like this , 

Rodeo Drive called the most expensive street in the world

was a treat to walk along , with so many designer shops

you could easily spend a whole after noon window shopping 

Overall we had a fantstic experinece and hopefully one day who knows we may go back