Day 23: LOS ANGELES (Santa Monica, Venice Beach, Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, Staples Center)
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Today, the second day we are in Los Angeles, we also have the most complete planning, going Los Angeles in one day. Some of the places we want to visit are the Santa Monica and Venice beaches, two of the best known in the city and then, although it may sound a bit touristy, we want to go to Rodeo Drive and Beverly Hills, two of the areas known to the glamor that detach just by naming them.
Touch start up soon and the first thing we do after leaving our hotel in Los Angeles, where you can book online, is to go find our rental car in the United States to get us on the way to Santa Monica beach in Los Angeles. At this point we have to say that we have rightly discarded the option of moving in Los Angeles by public transport, since by car we have already taken a long time, so we do not want to imagine how it would have been in public transport and more in Los Angeles than as They say, it is not especially effective. Besides, as we have commented on other occasions on this trip to the US West Coast, the distances are enormous.
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After parking the car in one of the streets parallel to the famous beach, we take a walk along the promenade where we find the famous Georgian Hotel.
Georgian Hotel Los Angeles
One of the things we wanted to see on the beaches of Los Angeles, even if it sounds like a topic, are the famous booths of the Beach Watchers, which we have seen so many times in the movies and in the well-known television series.
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With the good weather that we cannot avoid relaxing and having a good walk on the beach, enjoying a relaxation that never hurts in a vacation.
Santa Monica Beach in Los Angeles
Without a doubt you can believe that everything we see, inevitably reminds us of movies and series that have been shot there. There are times when it does not seem that we are within one of them.
Baywatch
Now we understand when people who have already visited these cities told us "it will seem to you that you have already been there." How right they were!
After the walk along the beach we approach the old amusement park of Santa Monica, another of the most representative places in Los Angeles That still retains its appeal.
Santa Monica in Los Angeles
Santa Monica Amusement Park
After getting lost for almost an hour between the attractions, taking more photos than you can imagine, we continue traveling along the promenade to reach the area of Venice Beach, another one of the Los Angeles most famous beaches, where we can find gyms, basketball courts, all outdoors.
Venice Beach
As you can imagine, we will not have to say that when we meet here, we feel again that we are inside a scene of a movie.
Perhaps the city of Los Angeles is the scenario that "more movie" has seemed to us of all the enclaves that we have visited in this trip to the west coast of the United States.
Venice Beach
After this tour of the Los Angeles beaches We take the rental car again and go to Rodeo Drive, one of the most luxurious areas of the city.
After several laps with the car in the area and not finding a place to park, we ended up going to a paid parking lot where we were quiet leaving the car safely and free of possible fines.
When we realize it is practically lunch time, but before looking for a place, we will take a walk on Rodeo Drive, another movie set. What can we tell you about this area of the city: luxury, luxury and more luxury, and we with our hiking boots and backpacks.
Rodeo Drive
We are not going to deceive you, we do not find much interest in the area, so we focus on looking for some economic place to eat, but as you can understand, in this area, the economic word shines for its absence, so for not losing much While looking for another place, we ended up at a Rodeo Drive restaurant.
These are the typical cases in which it is shown that while you pay, you can go as you want dressed that will not get your attention.
The truth is that the account has not been exaggerated at all, $ 45 for two pasta dishes plus drinks, although yes, we have to say that the company we had at the tables next door, were really "high standing" .
Rodeo Drive in Los Angeles
After eating, although as we have said before we are not very interested in what we see in the area, we have already been bitten by the luxury bug, so we are going to look for the car to the parking lot to continue with this luxury tour.
We make way to Los Angeles Beverly Hills, we made the decision to follow a tourist bus of those who take you to see the houses of the famous, so we go behind them for a while and although we do not know whose houses are, we can see the trees that surround them , what something is something.
Think that if you do this tour of the Celebrity homes in Beverly Hills, most do not even see each other, since the walls only reveal the trees.
Beverly Hills houses in Los Angeles
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After this ration of luxury, something excessive for us, we decided that it would not be bad to approach the place where Roger can meet one of "your traveling dreams".
Ever since I know him he has always said that he would like to see a NBA match and when we decided that this year one of our trips would be to the United States West Coast and we would pass through Los Angeles, he began to see that dream come true.
We can book tickets to watch a Los Angeles Lakers game online, we risk going directly to the ticket office.
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Book the best rated tours and excursions in Los Angeles in Spanish by travelers:As today we have done all the planning we had planned with the things to visit in the city of Los Angeles in one day, we decided to approach the Staples Center, to see what we are able to achieve.
And said and done, there we go.
We park in a parking lot quite close to the Staples Center and as we approach the ticket offices and see that the "no tickets"gives us the high.
There is only one problem, there are tickets, but at 155 dollars each. So you can imagine the face of Roger, a slaughtered puppy and I thinking "what a pity of man, with the desire to see them" ...
So without giving it many more laps and thinking that there are things that can only be done once in a lifetime, we have met with two tickets to see a Los Angeles Lakers game in Los Angeles.
Staples Center
After making a good queue to enter and look with few friends at the people who entered the VIP area, when we arrive at the ticket check-up the boy notifies us that our tickets are VIP, so if we have to re-enter , we don't need to queue.
This is one of the things you should have to get tickets of 155 dollars 🙂
Staples Center
I do not understand too much of basketball, to say nothing, but I have to admit that the show is impressive, so if you have the opportunity to see a Los Angeles Lakers game live, do not hesitate, it is worth it.
Los Angeles Lakers
In the stands we shout, we get up, applaud and live the final comeback as if we were great followers. We could even see a celebrity like David Beckham in the audience.
Beckham at the Staples Center
It has certainly been a success to decide to get the tickets and end our stay in Los Angeles with this icing on the cake.
After a good time to leave the stadium and a good caravan to leave the area Staples Center, we return to our accommodation, in the Hollywood walk of fame for dinner at a fast food restaurant.
Touch rest and recharge energy to continue enjoying tomorrow The Angels.
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