Walt Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles

Arriving in LAX airport again after a week in Vegas, I went to rent a car and discovered that I left my driving license at home!

What to do without driving in L.A.?? Here is how I spent a weekend without a car - travelling on buses with car-less locals, taking airport shuttles, and minimal taxis. Worked out I saved money relative to car …

Batman moves in downtown ... Every hero has a journey


Today we are back in downtown LA. More to see and do that we didn't manage on our bus tour yesterday ... this damn place is so big it's untrue, however being a Saturday we are hoping the city will be empty and the beaches busy instead ... we are correct.

After our …

After an impulse decision I boarded the tour bus headed for Hollywood!
Starline Tours were highly recommended because I wanted to see everything. the 'LA City, Hollywood, Movie Stars Homes & Beach Tour was 6 hours of sightseeing, shopping and happy snaps.

Starting with a walking tour of the Chinese Theatre, Walk of Fame and Kodak …

Heute ging es um 08.40 zur Stadtrundfahrt los. Aus Bequemlichkeitsgründen auch direkt ab dem Motel. Die Stadtrundfahrt war "Pretty amazing" wie die Amis so schön sagen :) Gesehen haben wir unter anderem folgendes: THE BEACHES Die Küstenlinie wo Baywatch und Million Dollar Baby gedreht wurde - ich glaub mehr braucht man dazu nicht …

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 took one of the hotel's tours around LA. There was only us and an Australian couple, Shelly and Pete. The driver was very informative and took us all over the place. We saw houses of the rich and famous, Elvis Presley's old house, the house where Michael Jackson died and numerous others. Some of the smaller ones were just across …

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 …

Dzisiaj mieliśmy w planie zwiedzanie Los Angeles (nie całego oczywiście). Zaczęliśmy od Hali Koncertowej Walta Disneya. Przemierzyliśmy kilometry autostrad i dojechaliśmy. Samochód został zaparkowany na dachu parkingu obok hali, gdzie jak się później okazało, wjazd był zabroniony, ale wida …

We decided to spend the day in downtown LA as I wanted to show Jens some of the highlights of the City of Angels. We took a train from Culver City which was supposed to drop us off a couple of blocks from the Walt Disney Concert Hall. About half way there the train operator informed us that the last stop would be at the Staples Center which is at …

Visite du Downtown de L.A,
Passage express sur le Santa Monica Bd, Hollywood Bd (rempli de touristes attendant certaines stars J Lopez, C. Diaz pour une avant première....) et vue sur le fameux panneau
"HOLLYWOOD" sur la colline

... 'Civic Centre’ we drove past some of the city’s most outstanding buildings - the modern stainless-steel ‘Walt Disney Concert Hall,’ and the classic tower ‘City Hall’ where Superman was filmed. Stunning. Then through ...

... Geschichte der LA Times. Plus ein superfreundlicher Empfangsherr, ein Quell der Hilfsbereitschaft. 3 Blocks weiter wartet die Walt Disney Concert Hall mit ihrer außergewöhnlichen Architektur auf. Silbern glänzend und in eigentümlichen Formen ...

... only Metropolitian Jail in the centre of downtown LA. Pass the staples centre which is home to 4 teams and past the Walt Disney Concert Hall.  Finally we went through China Town.  We then had a look at the markets Mexican style markets before ...

... best buildings which no doubt, I will be using as case studies for my degree. One of the best buildings here is the Walt Disney Concert Hall. No it isn't a theme park style concert hall, it was built for the LA Philharmonic Orchestra. A very modern ...

... staat. Dan zou die straat geen dienst meer kunnen doen als straat in New York bijvoorbeeld. De Walt Disney Concert Hall is een prachtig golvend gebouw in roestvrij staal dat gratis te bezoeken is. Het is ontworpen door dezelfde ...

... a little Mexican life, the one street was made up of Mexican stall which were colourful and festive, lovely to see. The Walt Disney Concert hall is a very interesting building and we also got to go to the cathedral , which is very modern, quite strange ...

... , now a Mexican themed square and market), City Hall, Little Tokyo (where Stuart finally got his hair cut after three months), Walt Disney Concert Hall and the super modern Cathedral of our Lady of the Angels. In the afternoon we took the Metro back to ...

... since records began!!....we witnessed a slice of history - great, but wow, it was hot! A quick detour to City hall and the Walt Disney concert hall, and Eric then drove us to the Hollywood hall of fame with all the stars on the street and handprints in ...

... some petrol nearby which is when we learnt of OJ's new home from the woman that served us!) Then, we saw the Walt Disney Concert Hall which is a huge highly imaginative steel structure in the middle of an intersection in LA. It is quite beautiful ...

... less, there are two of the most stunning cultural centres in the country, the Ghetty Museum, and the new Frank Gehry-designed Walt Disney Concert Hall in down town LA. And with 360 days of sunshine a year, its hard to argue with Angelinos' assertion that ...