Landed in LA Tuesday afternoon - enjoying the slightly cooler weather!
We've been to see the walk of fame - particular highlights included Kermit the Frog, Big Bird and Godzilla! We also saw the hand- and footprints of slightly more famous people in front of the Grauman's Chinese Theatre, including Matt Damon, Jennifer Anniston and the Harry Potter trio! We've also been on the celebrity homes tour, which was basically a tour of gates and fences - although we did see the gates Micheal Jackson's body was brought out of after he died, so pretty famous gates! To actually see some famous faces we also visited Madame Tussauds, so at least we can pretend we've seen famous people! Although we did actually see Danny Devito in the flesh, as he was getting a star on the walk of fame yesterday. We also visited the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood where the Oscars take place.
Getting away from the celebrity side of things we went to Santa Monica and Venice Beach, watching the surfers, body builders and street bums! We also saw the Baywatch life guard towers which was surreal!
A slightly stranger attraction was the La Brea Tar Pits - allegedly Prince Charles' favourite LA attraction! Basically these are what the say on the tin - a city block made up of bubbling, natural tar pits, where numerous fossils have been discovered over the years. It was really odd to smell tar and see it bubbling up between the surrounding sky scrapers.
Today we visited Universal Studios and had a VIP tour of Warner Brothers studio. We saw where the Spiderman upside down kiss was filmed, saw where the film Inception was shot, and sat on the sofa from Central Perk in Friends! We also saw the costumes from Harry Potter as well as the sorting hat. Ryan's highlight was seeing Wisteria Lane, where they were actually filming!
The internet here isn't too quick, so we can't add photos at the moment - but we'll pop them on when we can find a better connection.
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