Griffith Observatory 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 (mal wieder) einer kurzen Nacht brachten wir unseren Mietwagen in einer 2 Stunden-Tour zum Flughafen um im Anschluss unser Sightseeingprogramm zu beginnen. Mit der Metro gings nach Hollywood, wo glücklicherweise auch gleich der Walk of Fame begann. Nach gefühlt 3 gesehenen Sternen von Walt Disney (wir liefen nicht im Kreis da Bettina die Fü …

How could we come to LA and not visit Hollywood. We had our Ethiopian taxi driver, Saleh, pick us up at the hotel to do a bit of a tour, starting at the Griffith Observatory overlooking Hollywood, Beverly Hills and Downtown LA. This is where James Dean was filmed in "Rebel without a Cause". After a day in the heat, we're already starting to winge a …

We drove to Venice beach, which was an interesting experience. Lots of 'alternative' characters and 'shops' advertising medicinal herbilage!! Lots of people in Halloween costumes who had obviously already been to the 'shops'!
We had to change rooms in our hotel as Dominic kept complaining - there was a Mexican restaurant under our first room …

Buenos días,

después de un desayuno variado y robusto, nos montamos en el BUS "City Sightseeing Los Angeles" que fue la manera que encontramos de ir a todas las partes sin estresar con el trafico y con el parking del coche.

Al final, hemos pasado todo el día en el BUS en todas las Rutas que ellos tienen...LA es enooooorrrrmmmmeee …

So there I was flying into LA again...ahem..OK so the truth is I've traveled to LA quite a bit of times but this is the first time that I am attempting to write about it. I had previously thought that I had seen all there is to see but somehow, this trip was different. I'm not sure what it was but I suddenly found myself seeing things in a …

Nach dem 6 stuendigen Flug von New York nach Los Angeles und einer 3 stuendigen Zeitverschiebung, mussten wir uns hier wieder neu aklimatisieren. Wir wohnen direkt am Hollywood Bulevard - das heisst, wenn wir aus dem Haus gehen, stehen wir direkt auf den Sternen vom Walk of Fame. Wir haben mit dem Zimmer wieder einmal Glueck, sind ganz alleine im 6 …

Nun ist es soweit und der "erste" Tag startet, denn wir übernehmen die "Mofas", doch erst ab 12.00 Uhr. Das Vormittagsprogramm ist individuell, d.h. die einen gehen ans Meer um zu laufen, die Neuankömmlinge wollen noch kurz bei Bartels Harley Davidson vorbei schauen, andere bleiben im Hotel und wieder andere fahren an den Santa Monica …

We left the desert and bright lights and headed for the west coast. As we crossed into California from Nevada we came to an Agricultural Checkpoint (#5), where the lady asked us if we have any plants or fruits, we said No, and continued on our way. Into the Mojave desert. We watched the temperature climb to 110 degrees outside, and as we got closer …

It was a beautiful, clear, and sunny day! There were many people hiking up the massive hill to reach the great Griffith Observatory. As I walked, I took in the gorgeous views. We finally reached the top of the hill and there it was one of worlds greatest treasures for studying our solar system. After roaming around for a bit, I purchased a ticket …

... you could see from where we were but we thought we could take a drive up the mountains for a better view. We headed to The Griffith Observatory to get a view. You can't get close to the sign as there is no trail and it is now a World Heritage site. We ...

... novelty/price unbalance.) Among the many other activities we busied ourselves with, we visited the Griffith Observatory which is perched high above downtown Los Angeles (featured not just in the final scene of the Steve Martin movie "Bow ...

... losgeflogen bin. Dies bot mir genügend Zeit um unter anderem wieder einmal Hollywood, die Universal Studios oder auch das Griffith Observatory zu erkunden. Eine wesentliche Aktivität war natürlich auch das Shoppen, etwas das in den USA kaum zu kurz ...

... nightmare to walk in cos i kept slipping. We drove up to Griffith's park (i saw the film Yes Man last night and the \Griffith observatory featured in it!) From here you should be able to see the Hollywood sign but it was too foggy. We walked along ...

... had a few hours to kill before we needed to pick up Esmerelda (our Dutch friend) from the airport so we headed to the Griffith Observatory for some dinner and our first view of those famous hills (the first of many recommended events on a painstakingly ...

... from Salvador). He also had some other Couchsurfer arriving the same day – Isabella from Colombia. All together we went to Griffith Observatory, Beverly Hills and Rodeo Drive. Our last day we spent in the Long beach which was chilled and relaxing. ...

... the theme park.  We bimbled around here for a couple of hours and then picked up the car from the hotel and headed off to Griffith Observatory. Steve had researched this last night (but I had seen it ages ago ) that it was the best place to see the ...

... neighborhood.   It is 1,134 feet above sea level and is visible from many parts of the Los Angeles basin.   Griffith Observatory is owned and operatedby the City of Los Angeles, Department of Recreation and Parks' The ceiling at the ...

... (£5 for 12 cans and jager supplied by germany), walt disney theatre, beverley hills, the getty centre, tar pits, griffith observatory, all you can eat korean bbq, staples centre (hopkins v dawson press conference) LA lowlights... Bums everywhere, ...

... could hear about how great he was.  That was our cue to go. We jumped in the car and headed for the Griffith Observatory, but travelling the scenic route through the residential side of Beverly Hills and Bel Air.  The houses we could see we're ...