Most of us woke up today thinking, "Welcome to Hollywood, baby!"
We got to sleep in before heading off to the famous Hollywood Blvd! We started by visiting Madame Tussaud's wax museum, where we were able to meet some of our favorite people in wax form, such as: Justin Beiber, President Obama and Britney Spears! The visit made for some awesome pictures that look like we met the REAL celebrities. Some us tricked our friends back home that we actually met them in real life!
After that, we had time to explore Hollywood itself, which included glimpses of the Hollywood sign and visiting our famorite actors' stars in the sidewalk, the Hollywood walk of fame. It was fun to look for celebrity names that we knew! Some of our favorite stars were Sean Penn and Michael Jackson, the king himself! Thriller, anybody?
After our time in Hollywood we drove to Huntington Beach, which was about an hour away. Driving there made us realize just how big Los Angeles is: the 8th largest city in the world! The traffic is crazy, no matter where you go. The beach was nice, although the sun didn't come out until we had been there a few hours. It was so awesome to see the Pacific coast! It was the first time for most of us. It was so nice to play in the waves. some of us come from places where there are no big beaches! It was so peaceful to walk down the pier and look at the beach!
We all ate, played in the waves, played football, frisbee and the REAL football: soccer. :) Many of the Brazilians and Spanish students were also glued to the TVs in nearby restaurants to see the Brazil-Spain futbol game for the final of the Confederations Cup (Brazil won)! Great game!
After our beach afternoon, we headed to a true Italian dinner at Buca di Beppo, which was not too far from our place on the beach. We ate as much pasta, chicken parmigian and salad as we could possibly handle- yum! The cheesecake for dessert was also pretty delicious.
We ended the night at the hotel with a few hours of free time, which for most of us entailed finally doing laundry and hanging out by the pool and hot tub. Overall, it was a relaxing and fun day--even some of the Scandinavians got a nice tan! ha!
Filip- Croatia
Piotrek-Poland
No comments:
Post a Comment