There's nowhere quite like California- especially if you're from London, the level of customer service and sunshine and great teeth just whack you in the face, WHAT IS ALL THIS?! Sort of like stepping off a 10 hour flight into heaven. 3 years ago I was lucky enough to go the home of the stars with 3 of my best friends and it was magical. Although we were only there for 5 days we made the most of each one and squeezed in ALOT of stuff. So if you're heading to the L.A any time soon here's my hit list of the places you must see. (P.S unfortunately the trip took place before I had any sort of Blog or Instagram account so there's a few less worthy pics than normal!)
HOLLYWOOD SIGN
I promise you in real life the sign seems a hell of a lot closer, once we looked back at the pics we were like 'IS THAT IT?!' However it really does take your breath away, poor Alex had the pleasure of sitting next to me on the coach for the journey there. "I SEE IT OMG OMG IT'S REAL LOOOOOOOK!!!" Big tip, take sunglasses, it's so, so bright up there and poor Lucy Lu did not get the memo, subsequently she has her eyes shut in every photo.
(Precious memories Queen!)
DISNEYLAND
Of course I was completely buzzing to go to Disneyland, even if I was sulking about NOT being a Disney princess for a little while (1st photo: exhibit A). If you think Californians are over the top peppy, go to Disney, good Lord the happiness was pouring out of them, we could feel our sarcastic British skins peeling away by the second. Such a magical place and 100% a must if you're in town.
SANTA MONICA
We headed to Santa Monica beach after a solid shopping sesh (try saying that in a hurry) just in time to watch the best sunset I've ever seen. I honestly could not imagine a more heartfelt moment in my life than watching the waves while carrying an obscene amount of bags filled with pure designer bargains and happiness, eat your heart out Julia Roberts. Was absolutely dying for a shop assistant to turn me away just so I could go back later with all my bags and tell them BIG MISTAKE, BIG, HUGE!...Unfortunately as I kept forgetting EVERYONE in L.A is friendly. Anyway if you're looking for the prefect end to a day, Santa Monica is the place to be and Bubba Gump Shrimp is definitely where you should be eating.
WALK OF FAME
Another real Julia Roberts moment was walking along Hollywood boulevard (one of the less glam moments granted) But being able to see the Hollywood stars and the Chinese theatre was completely surreal, just casually holding hands with Marilyn Monroe here. We went in February, a week before the Oscars so we were able to see the REAL red carpet being set up, of course I dropped to the floor, leant under the barriers and just stroked it... like a psycho... worth it.
Universal world was filled with dramas, including bags being stolen... and found again! However it was probably the most fun we had the whole trip. The rides are great and you absolutely have to go on the movie tour, being able to see film sets was the coolest thing (unless you're Alex, whose terrified of sharks and was swept into the JAWS set, rather unfortunate!)
Finally before heading to the airport we had time to visit the Warner Brother Studios, which included CENTRAL PERK... THE CENTRAL PERK. Since everyone in the world likes F.R.I.E.N.D.S it's definitely a place you need to see and it's filled with plenty of other movie sets and props, photo opps at every corner!
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