Sep 26 - The City of Angels
It promises to be a beautiful day in Los Angeles with blue skies and sunshine! Temperature is 15° at 7:00 AM and is expected to reach around 25° later in the day. We are docked at the San Pedro terminal. After an early breakfast, we headed to the meeting spot for our tour - Easy LA.
This was a bus tour through heavy traffic at 10:00 AM to downtown LA.
Los Angeles has a population of about 4 million people many of them housed in neighbourhoods with wide ethnic variation. Homelessness is a huge crisis. We heard about the homeless, the drugs and the veterans difficulties. They have built a veterans park where they have erected small shelters so the veterans at least have a place to sleep. I guess the guide, needing to be politically correct, did not mention the topic of the US / Mexico border!
The tour took us through the downtown area around 7th Street and Figuera Street. Many of the hotels have rooftop bars where people can have a great view of the city and the Santa Monica mountains. Our drive took us past museums, sports venues, etc. One of the highlights was the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. This cathedral houses, one of the largest pipe organs in North America.
After leaving the downtown area, we headed to Hollywood where this famous sign was visible in the distance.
We proceeded to Hollywood Blvd and saw the Walk of stars. The guide took the group on a walk in the area to see Dolby Theatre where the Academy Awards are held and TCL Chinese Theatre, formerly Grauman’s.
We then retraced our route back to the ship where we had a little sandwich at the International Cafe. Time for an afternoon nap!!
Dinner was delicious! But what dinner isn’t when you don’t have to shop, prepare, and clean up afterwards? We both had pea soup, Caesar salad, and for the main Mary had prime rib followed by cheesecake, and I had Grandma’s coq au vin and ice cream! YUM!
We are now at the theatre for a comedian / impressionist, Jason Neistadt.
When we leave here tonight we’ll have a few sea days before we reach our next port of call, Honolulu!
Aloha!
The travelling’ duo
LA definitely has a lot of social issues but it’s such a fun city too. In fact, we started talking about going in November! Pending healthy hip of course. Now some days at sea before Hawaii. I’m envious! Have fun
ReplyDeleteEnjoy ladies it all sounds fabulous!
ReplyDeleteCoq au vin is one of my favourite dishes ever! I have the Gourmet cookbooks, and the recipe for that dish is outstanding! I’d love to see all the Hollywood stuff, but not the traffic! Prime rib and cheesecake oh ya Mary ❤️
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