Olvera Street Los Angeles

Los Angeles is a very beautiful place. It is The place for having a relaxed and laid back life. In some ways it reminded me of Cyprus. I know it sounds funny but there are a couple of striking similarities. The weather is just like Cyprus, very hot most of the time of the year. It was early November and you could walk around with t-shirt. It has …

This morning, we had the perfect excuse to succumb to American consumerism - American Airlines managed to lose my mom's suitcase on a non-stop domestic flight from Chicago to Las Vegas, so we had to go get her some basics.So where do we go? Old Navy! Odd choice, I know! But mom remembered it from her last visit to US ten years ago, and she was not …

The oldest existing house in Los Angeles was built on Olvera Street about 1818 by Don Francisco Avila. It was occupied briefly as American headquarters in 1847. Severely damaged in the earthquake of 1971 the house is now restored as an example of ...

... Superman was filmed. Stunning. Then through ‘China Town,’ where East meets West, and to our final destination - ‘Olvera Street.’  L.A. was born here in 1781 and the street is now a quaint Mexican village market with food and ...

Caught the train into Union Station a walked across to Olvera Street, the oldest part of Downtown Los Angeles & is now a colorful Mexican marketplace. They had nicer stuff here than at Tijuana & without the hustling. Had bought tickets to see a ...

... Farmers Market - things started looking up. Hollywood and Beverly Hills - very nice - Bazzie and Eliza liked this best Olvera Street - gorgeous - Berenice liked this best, esp LA's oldest residential building with its early Spanish inspired inspired ...

... and an episode of family guy. Not really missing the tent yet. Our last morning in America was spent on Olvera street (L.A's oldest street lined with market stalls, cafes and original colonial buildings) and eating burritos from a mexican street cafe. ...

... it, it would be a miracle. It is full of high-rise buildings now. We then headed over to Olvera Street, the so-called birthplace of Los Angeles. It is like a tiny Mexican suburb now, full of litle stalls selling leatherware and guitars. We stopped here ...

... the willow huts are no longer there, there are 27 historic buildings that date back between 1818 and 1926. Had a chill down Olvera Street, a Mexican Market place and then decided to move out toward China Town, then figured I'd seen enough China Towns, ...

... lunch at one of a kind restaurant. Hard Rock Café - shop for souvenirs from your favorite movies. Olvera Street - the birthplace of Los Angeles. Union Station - LA's train station Disney Concert Hall - home to the LA Philharmonic Cathedral of ...

... , hatten nun aber nicht mehr allzu viel Zeit an diesem Abend. Schlenderten noch durch den mexikanischen Markt in der Olvera Street, auf dem es ausschließlich mexanische Dinge (v.a. Souvenirs) und mexikanisches Essen gibt. Anschließend sind wir noch ...

... a chance to look around and sample some different styles of food.    To finish our tour we went to Downtown LA and stopped at Olvera Street which is the birthplace of Los Angeles and then on to China town before heading back to our hotel.  ...