Public Art

there are lots of great pieces of public art. this is a field of street lights outside of the LA Museum and art gallery.

Quick Catch up!

While we were on the train we had no internet connection so I wrote the words and assembled pictures. However transferring hasn't been as simple as I had hoped so in order to get the information up I will put the photos on Flickr and improve as I go along. Enjoy!

July 19^th

Some real food at last! This is what is called the Farmers Market on 3^rd and Fairfax. At least it looked fresh and tasted great. Across the road was the biggest organic store called Whole Foods. We got the makings for a meal we were more familiar with back in our Best Western.

July 19^th FAQs

Weather has been warm and pleasant. LA not too much smog and breathing sort of ok. They drive on the wrong side of the road! This hasn’t helped our orientation to being upside down and directionless [ie knowing north, south etc] remembering to look for cars on the left rather than the right especially when you are so tired from the change of time and flight.

There is a great mismatch between the movie town image and the reality. Everything is BIG! Big people, big buildings, big things and big hearts! And Grubby. We have travelled by bus and the drivers other travellers have been so good; stopping at our hotel not the regular stop, not charging us a fare if we looked lost. Everyone has a ‘cell phone’.

Some skyline views

These scenes are the only thing that is just like the movies! The people are friendly, helpful especially bus drivers, and good fun. When it comes to the movies - tinsel bits thats when it becomes fake and boring.

Our Best Western with windows that opened!

We made it!

July 18^th Los Angeles 10am

We made it, negotiated the long queues at Border Security. Silver was ‘good’ and we passed through without a hitch, negotiated a shuttle bus to our door which took us around through UCLA campus and to the Best Western. No this art deco hotel is not the Best Western, it was next door! It was a quaint place with a pool which made it easy to acclimatise.

Our first meal was at Carney’s [apparently a famous landmark]. There was lots of chilli and grits but it was food and we were very hungry! It took us 3 days to get over the plane trip and stop falling to sleep each time we sat down.

YES that is a red colour tortilla with the salad inside

getting started!

July 18^th Sydney 10am

A strange thing has started to occur! Turtle ‘T’’s are appearing everywhere. This was taken at Sydney Airport with my niece Christine, Toby in the sling and Nathan proudly showing his Hurray, Hurray off!