Travel Diary Day 3

Sunday 15th of February

Dear Diary

Considering the fact that I walked around for several hours in this big city yesterday, with shoes costing less than 500 NOK, it’s not hard to figure out that my heels pretty much got attacked by huge galls. Of course my feet hurt yesterday, when I was actually walking, but I first realized how ugly the wounds really were when I got back to the hotel. And that certainly didn’t help. The whole day I’ve been walking around in the only pair of shoes I brought that didn’t gnaw, Uggs. Since the shoes are stuffed with thick wool, I was sweating throughout the whole day in Disney Land. Not the most pleasant experience, but I still had fun. It was like entering another world filled with imaginary friends and roller-coasters. I especially liked “The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror”, which made both me and my stomach scream. It had to be the longest 2 minutes of my life. The attraction contained a haunted elevator which raised and fell at a terrifying speed, over and over again.  As the hours went by, I settled down at Cocina Cucamonga Mexican Grill for some delicious chicken tacos.

The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

Suddenly the clock passed closing time and I had to leave like everybody else. Back at the hotel room, I picked up the paper, The Los Angeles Daily News, from the floor and read the first page; “Original Darth Vader costume up for sale in London”. Under the article’s picture the text was; “LONDON – The force can be with you – for a price”. I found it kind of funny, that people are actually willing to pay between 250,000$ to 365,000$ (in NOK that will be between 1, 5 million crones to 2, 1 million) for a used costume!

Darth Vader costume

 I forgot to tell you that I got my luggage back this afternoon. The feeling of putting my make-up on after 3 days without it was amazing. Now I can enjoy the remaining 5 days without having any other worries on my mind. 
Sleep tight, but don't let the bed bugs bite.

Travel Diary Day 2

Saturday 14th of February

Dear Diary

The rain was pouring down this morning. Luckily I had placed the umbrella in my purse instead of in the other luggage, which hasn’t arrived yet. I wanted to prepare myself, so I logged on internet and found out that the average temperature in Los Angeles in February was 19 degrees! Well, thanks to the people who lost my luggage, I’m not prepared. This sort of climate is something I’m not used to at all. It’s probably snowing back in Norway right now. I also found out that there are 3.83 million people living in this 1,290.6 km2 big city. That makes it the second most populous city in the United States. On Wikipedia I typed the city and read that Los Angeles was officially founded on September 4th, 1781, by the Spanish governor Felipe de Neve.

I am staying at The Omni Los Angeles Hotel at California Plaza, which I’m already in love with. But the breakfast was nothing to brag about. The orange juice tasted like old soda without bubbles and the food was just like I had seen it on TV, containing a lot of unhealthy fat and calories. I gave the thick pancakes a try, without changing my opinion about it, though. 

The rest of the day went to “some” shopping and sightseeing. I have to admit that the shopping part went a little bit out of control. But the stores, the service and the clothes and shoes were all so marvelous. Still, I can’t wait for this wonderful day to end, mostly because I’m finally going to Disneyland tomorrow!

Los Angeles, CA

Map showing Disneyland

Sleep tight, but don't let the bed bugs bite.

Travel Diary Day 1

Friday 13^th of February

Dear diary

I found myself standing among thousands of busy people at The Los Angeles International Airport in California, America, this morning. It felt like the entire world populations were surrounding me. Strangely enough I found out afterwards that the airport was the sixth busiest in the world! The huge masses of people were doing everything from saying goodbye to their beloved ones to taking care of business deals through their Blackberrys or Iphones. I just wanted to get a glint of my luggage, but it was nowhere to be found. Panic hit me when all of the European people from the same airplane started to roll away from the gate with their luggage. The band was empty, so I therefore ran zigzag between thousands of people desperately looking for the information counter. On my way I saw big posters of well-known celebrities. Angelina Jolie was posing almost naked with a perfume in her hand next to a handsome man. Who knew she grew up in LA?

Map showing Los Angeles

The colored woman in the counter asked me all sorts of questions while polishing her nails with a nail file. The looks she gave me really got on my nerves, so I quickly found something else to look at. “What to do in Los Angeles, California”, I read inside me. A flag on the front-page caught my sight. I saw 50 stars in the left corner and a lot of red and white stripes. The subtitle was “Stars and Stripes”. When I turned the first page, I actually found it quite interesting to read about the American flag. Each and every star represents a state, and the stripes symbolize the 13 first states in America. I decided to bring the information map with me. Then the lady in the counter confirmed that my luggage was missing. What a lovely surprise! I wonder if the date of today has anything to do with it.

Stars and Stripes

Sleep tight, and don't let the bed bugs bite.