Grauman's Chinese Theatre Los Angeles

Saturday 9/1/12:

Firstly, we had an interesting 14 hour direct flight from Sydney International Airport to LAX. After listening to our neighbour's entire life story we were not sure how we'd fare upon arrival at Los Angeles. 'Deloris' as we named her (the only thing she didn't tell us was her name) was a crazy red headed Art Teacher from …

Nach einer hervorragenden Nacht mit Meeresrauschen machten wir uns auf den Weg ins Getümmel - Los Angeles, die mit knapp 18 Millionen Einwohnern zweitgrößte Stadt der USA - nach New York.

Wir kurvten vermutlich wieder als einziges Wohnmobil auf diesem Planeten durch den stark befahrenen Molloch bis tief hinein ins Herz (wohl eher das …

This morning, after a 2 hour flight from Washington DC I arrived in Hollywood, home to some of the worlds biggest celebrities.On the ride to the Roosevelt Hotel, which is home to the first-ever Academy Awards I stopped off at the Hollywood Sign in the Santa Monica Mountains and had my photo taken.After I dropped my bags off at the hotel I made my …

Heute standen über 500km von Las Vegas nach L.A. auf dem Programm.
Eigentlich ist die Route etwas kürzer, wir unternahmen aber einen (lohnenden) Abstecher durch das Mojave Preserve. Es handelt sich dabei um eine Art Naturschutzgebiet in einer Mischung von Death Valley und Joshua Tree Nationalpark:
Einerseits sahen wir die Death-Valley- …

Did all the touristy things you gotta do in Hollywood. Walked the blvd went to see the sign, went to the Chinese Theatre, shopped! Was fun …

Today we picked up a Kia Soul and drove to Malibu, which has a beach but it was not very nice.

After that we drove up into Hollywood to look at the famous streets and we went to the Walk of Fame (near Manns Chinese Theatre where the Oscars - JB).

We then drove to Huntington Beach. That night we went to Thai Wave for dinner - it …

Lots to report on ! Thai soon arrived and we hit the road. We picked up two others, Kyra and Ralph. Kyra lives near Larkspur but goes to College in La and makes the commute at the beginning and end of each week. Ralph on the other hand lives in Orange County. Anyway: we set off. After a long drive we arrived at a place just outside LA, Camarillo: …

So yesterday we had to return the RV back to Cruise America, a process went much smoother than we expected. We had to get transportation from here to West Hollywood and fortunately outside Cruise America was Super Steve, the Pakistani Christian, a resident in the USA for 35 years, he gave us his business card and some nice conversation while we …

My flight over to LA took just over 10 hours, can't say I was fed too well and the entertainment system was old school – I guess I’ve just been spoilt! The seat next to me was free so I had extra space and slept for most of the flight. For a change I was in front of the wing on the flight just behind business class, never managed to get …

This morning we went on a 4 hour bus tour on which we saw Grauman's Chinese Theatre, the Hollywood Sign and Beverly Hills. Our tour guide was a weird old guy who looked like the Godfather …

... , from there we headed for a driving tour of Hollywood Boulevard and the Sunset strip.  We saw the Walk of Fame and the Grauman's Chinese Theatre as well as quite a few characters busking in front of the place.  We think we saw a Pirate, Snoopy, ...

... . Anne was happy when she found the foot and hand prints of her favourite pirate Johnny Depp outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre. The following day we went to Downtown Los Angeles and embarked on a city walk. The walk took us from Mexico to Japan, and ...

... ; Haydn & Nikki was talking to the shop owner who said not to walk the streets at night.  We headed to Grauman's Chinese Theatre to jump on a tour around LA, Hollywood and Beverley Hills.  We walked down to the Metro station and caught the ...

... 7 June 2011: Woke up feeling just fine and dandy. No jet lag for us....... At about 9:30am we headed down to Grauman's Chinese Theatre which was the meeting point for the stars homes and Hollywood sights tour that we had prearranged the day before. Our ...

... who actually makes the cut is determined by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Next stop (well, only a step away) was Grauman's Chinese Theatre, with all its famous handprints and footprints in concrete. It was cool to see some of the newer ones ...

... Hollywood Boulevard, so on the first afternoon we wandered up and down the Boulevard looking at the walk of fame and the Grauman's Chinese theatre with all the concrete hand and footprints. I found Dolly Parton's star so took a photo for you mum and ...

... was the obligatory tourist-thing....walking the Hollywood Walk of Fame and having a look around the forecourt of Grauman's Chinese Theatre, stepping in the footprints/handprints of celebrities past and present. I purchased a Starline Tours ...

... glitz and glamour of Hollywood!! We check out the sidewalk stars along the Walk of Fame and the hand prints outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre - not the most exciting experience unless you're a star gazer. We drive up towards the Hollywood sign to take ...

... Angeles.  We had a city trip and got to experience LAs traffic, a Paris Hilton filming, a movie filming at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, a Lamborghini accident.  Today to the John Paul Getty art museum and back to Hollywood.  Saw where lots ...

... , and Eric then drove us to the Hollywood hall of fame with all the stars on the street and handprints in concrete at Grauman's chinese theatre forecourt. From there we took a trip to view the Hollywood sign, and then back to the pool.   Some ...