Everybody goes to - Hollywood

No, we shall not rent a car!!! From the beginning we were both very sure about one thing, we were going to manage in L.A. wihtout a car (as none of us really wanted to drive the roads of horror). Everywhere we went people urged us to drive, park and rent rent rent – there was NO WAY we were going to do without one!

Stubborn as we are – we were going to prove them wrong. Though I agree that we would indeed save a couple of hours if we did have a car. On the bright side, the bus fare was only $1,25.
Going to Hollywood we decided to drop by L.A. downtown (a huge detour, but of course this was the only way by bus) and as we’re about to take pictures of the amazingly huge sky scrapers in the financial district – we realize our camera has decided to quit. Forever.. So we’re traveling through L.A., Hollywood, Las Vegas and a Muse concert without a camera! Sure, why not!? Our new Holga camera would have to do.

Hollywood though.. was just… Hollywood, baby.. Sooo cheeeasy, but ooooh sooo cool.. Celebrities walking up and down the walk of fame (no, not the real ones), costumes, wiggs and every kind of junk (that you looove) is everywhere and everything is just big and faaaabulous.. (as well as the Hollywood sign)

Standing outside just admiring everything (after an aaaamazing lunch) we got free tickets to Jimmy Kimmel and decided to go (we didn’t really have any plans) and on our way down, we took a short-cut (I believe) down a deserted alley, where suddenly Luke Wilson comes out and gives us his autograph (yes! ”see a celebrity” check!). He was one of the guests of the show that night. However, no bags were allowed inside and we weren’t too keen to find a place to put them, so we decided not to go (already seen the celebrity – why bother..?)

Instead we went to a script store selling movie and episode scripts from tv-shows, and of course I had to buy a script of an episode of Friends.. It was super cool. And it looked like a lot more work than what we see on tv..

Trusting our guide book oh once again, we managed to find a comedy club, more hidden, where Hollywood locals were hiding, and saw one of the best and funniest shows ever. With great drinks and a lot of laughter we had an amazing time in Hollywood. It was definitely worth the bus ride (even though we spent about 3 hours getting home – couldn’t find that damn bus stop!!)