Tomorrow we'll be back in the plane, so today we thought about going to the mountains on the North side of LA. I don't know how, or where from but we heard good things about Mount Lowe. So we went there.
It was really nice. After a couple of hours we arrived at the The Mount Lowe Railway Station. It was the third in a series of scenic mountain railroads in America created as a tourist attraction on Echo Mountain. It burned down at the beginning of the 1900s and was never rebuilt.
We got some good pictures and headed back to a fast food for a deserved drink before we came back home
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Little Tokyo
Today we went to play a but more of basketball and this time Shin was with us. We left home to check out the posters available at the video rental shop where Shin works and Yumi picked up an "Up" and a "Wolverine" poster (the latter being for Anita...so she says). Thomas chose the Transformer 2 one. Another one for the bedroom :)
We then walked to Yumi's primary school and found out they put new fences so we couldn't play basketball. We decided to check out her Junior high but same thing, so we went back home...and drove back to Yumi's high school to finally get the chance to play again.
After that we met Yumi's cousins at Little Tokyo for some Japanese food and also played arcade game. It was a lot of fun!
We then walked to Yumi's primary school and found out they put new fences so we couldn't play basketball. We decided to check out her Junior high but same thing, so we went back home...and drove back to Yumi's high school to finally get the chance to play again.
After that we met Yumi's cousins at Little Tokyo for some Japanese food and also played arcade game. It was a lot of fun!
Friday, January 1, 2010
Griffith Park Observatory
As soon as we could out of the Hollywood Jungle, we went to the Obervatory, which sits on the south-facing slope of Mount Hollywood in L.A.'s Griffith Park, it commands a view of the Los Angeles Basin, including downtown Los Angeles to the southeast, Hollywood to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest.
We witnessed our first sunset of 2010 and the view was splendid.
We witnessed our first sunset of 2010 and the view was splendid.
Hollywood!
Hollywood. AAAAAagghhh! It's nice, no really. For 10 minutes. It's full of tourists, it reminds me of London, you can't walk 5 minutes before 5 people ask you if you want to go on a bus tour and see the celebrities' houses.
Teeeeeeemptiiiiiiiiing. We resisted.
After a nice quick walk on the Walk of fame where we spotted the stars of TV stars such as Erik Estrada and Bugs Bunny. We also found Jacky Chan's, Arnie's and Marylin Monroe's :)
It was ok to do a touristy thing for once, but I guess it's not really our "cuppa tea"...
Teeeeeeemptiiiiiiiiing. We resisted.
After a nice quick walk on the Walk of fame where we spotted the stars of TV stars such as Erik Estrada and Bugs Bunny. We also found Jacky Chan's, Arnie's and Marylin Monroe's :)
It was ok to do a touristy thing for once, but I guess it's not really our "cuppa tea"...
Day 5: NYE!
To finish the year on a good note, Shin, Yumi and Thomas decided to revisit Yumi's youth and go to her High School and played a bit of basketball.
We came back at about 5pm to get ready and go to Yumi's uncle place in Diamond Bar, about 12 miles North East of La Habra.
The funny thing is that, at 6pm, Thomas saw the news showing the celebrations in Western Europe and he thought they were showing last year's celebrations! Not used to spending NY in the Pacific Time Zone...
We ate a lot of good Japanese food and played dominos. :)
Needless to say we couldn't fit anything more in our stomachs!
We came back at about 5pm to get ready and go to Yumi's uncle place in Diamond Bar, about 12 miles North East of La Habra.
The funny thing is that, at 6pm, Thomas saw the news showing the celebrations in Western Europe and he thought they were showing last year's celebrations! Not used to spending NY in the Pacific Time Zone...
We ate a lot of good Japanese food and played dominos. :)
Needless to say we couldn't fit anything more in our stomachs!
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Day 4 in LA: Chill out day
Today was a resting day after running around for 3 days, just fresh out of the plane.
It rained a lot so Yumi and I just went to the shop, bought a couple of frames. After a good hour of shopping, which is about 59 minutes more than what Thomas can take, Yumi's mum met us at Wendy's (hmmm burgeeers!) and we went to buy a... washing machine! :)
It rained a lot so Yumi and I just went to the shop, bought a couple of frames. After a good hour of shopping, which is about 59 minutes more than what Thomas can take, Yumi's mum met us at Wendy's (hmmm burgeeers!) and we went to buy a... washing machine! :)
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Day 3 in LA: San Diego
Today we drove to San Diego to visit my friend Aurélie. She moved there after her studies in Toulouse a few years ago.
It was a nice drive in the old Suzuki on the Oceanside. It just took us a couple of hours to drive from La Habra. Before we knew it we were in San Diego Old Town, eating Mexican food. :)
Wearing shorts and tshirts didn't really make us feel it was winter holidays but who cares? It was good fun!
We also went to Soledad mount in La Jolla Natural Park. We could see SD in the distance.
After a short walk in La Jolla beach, we had to go back to LA, just in time to go to Kyoto Sushis, Yumi's uncle's place.
Great food. Thomas lost to "Okaasan" ("Okaasan" means "Mum" in Japanese) in the fight to pay the bill.
Another great and busy day in the US of A! :)
It was a nice drive in the old Suzuki on the Oceanside. It just took us a couple of hours to drive from La Habra. Before we knew it we were in San Diego Old Town, eating Mexican food. :)
Wearing shorts and tshirts didn't really make us feel it was winter holidays but who cares? It was good fun!
We also went to Soledad mount in La Jolla Natural Park. We could see SD in the distance.
After a short walk in La Jolla beach, we had to go back to LA, just in time to go to Kyoto Sushis, Yumi's uncle's place.
Great food. Thomas lost to "Okaasan" ("Okaasan" means "Mum" in Japanese) in the fight to pay the bill.
Another great and busy day in the US of A! :)
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