Today we went of a 7 hour tour of Los Angeles, where we got see many of the major cultural sites of Los Angeles county, which includes Hollywood, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and Brentwood. Our tour bus picked us up at the hotel and took us downtown Hollywood close to Graumans Chinese Theatre. Our first stop was the Hollywood Bowl, where concerts are held in the outdoors. We could see the Hollywood sign from the top of the Bowl, but it was very foggy and we could not get a very good picture.
Next we went to Hollywood Blvd. The world premiere of IGOR was taking place at the Graumans Chinese Theatre when we got there. It is a cartoon with the voices of John Cusack, John Cleese and Jay Leno to name a few. From the number of photographers some of them must have been present.
We then went on for a walk on the Hollywood walk of fame where we saw some plaques for some stars such as Roger Moore. We decided that we would return after our tour to see the older major star's plaques with their foot prints and hand prints.
We then went down Sunset Blvd where the major night clubs for rock bands, such as the Whisky A Go Go, are located. Our guide's name was Pepe, who was quite the character. He claimed that he was in the rock musical Hair in the 70s and he pointed out clubs where he partied with the cast members and the rock groups of that era, such as the Doors. He also pointed where John Belushi and River Phoenix died of drug overdoses.
Next we entered Beverly Hills and went to Rodeo Drive where the stars shop for all their expensive designer clothing and jewlery. These include Tiffany, Armani, Gucchi. We did some window shopping but of course none of the prices were displayed. I guess if you have to ask you can't afford it.
Hey Ruthie D, I finally made it to Hollywood
Next we went to the La Brae tar pits where their low grade oil and methane gas bubbles out of a pond in downtown LA. This was followed by lunch in the Farmer's Market. We were told that we should go into a building where there were there many fast food resturants. It reminded us of Granville Island in Vancouver. After we finished eating we went outside only to discover a very modern and clean pedestrian mall.
After lunch our tour took us past Paramount and CBS studios before we went to the business downtown of LA. Here we saw the major conference centre for LA including the Staples Centre and the Disney concert hall.
After the downtown tour we went through Chinatown. We then returned to bus depot for our tour of the "Star's Homes". During this tour we saw the homes of many stars including, Dr. Phil, Brad Pit, Sean Connery, Sylvester Stallone, Madonna, Mick Jagger and Michael Caine. We both had a good laugh when we were told that the biggest manison belongs to a divorice lawyer. All of these homes are well in excess of $1,000,000.
Tomorrow we start on our way home. We will be traveling to Phoenix on our way to the east coast.
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