Day 4
I’m tired – it’s been a long day
We had breakfast at our hotel and then went to get the rental cars for Dave and I. Took a cab to Dave’s and in just a few minutes he had his PT Cruiser. We then went searching downtown Disney for Alamo to get mine and finally found it. They were out of cars so I had to wait until one was delivered after 25 minutes. I got a new Chevy Impala which I’m thrilled with – huge trunk space too for all our bags and stroller.
We hit the road around 11AM for LA. Holy traffic. We hit traffic all day everywhere we went. We took the I5 to the 101 and went through Hollywood and Beverly Hills. Holly is kind of a dive and not that impressive and Beverly Hills was not that spectacular either. I think we expected more wow factor. The areas is nice and the landscape of the city is unique but overall, nothing special. Nice cars though everywhere. We drove up Beverly Drive to Mulholland drive but nothing special to see. We didn’t have a map of the stars homes so we missed out.
We did see a naked guy pose on rodeo drive giving the rich a big hello. That was hilarious. I saw a Whisky a gogo bar and wanted to buy a shirt but they were closed. This is the club where the Doors, Motley Crue, Guns and Roses, Vanhalen all made their debuts.
We then headed to Santa Monica and enjoyed the ocean and Bubba Gump Shrimp Company. The kids loved the beach and playing in the water. The beach though was kind of littered with some garbage and peoples discarded clothing. We must have been in the non tourist section as we were the only non Hispanic people playing at the beach.
We took a short drive to Venice beach and the girls and kids stayed in the car. This was a weird area – seemed kind of tough and ghetto like. Saw muscle beach and we took off.
Drove for hours just to get through the traffic to get to the highway. That wasn’t fun. By 8:30 we are all beat and tired but still had another hour 15 to go. Sigh. Finally found the Town and Country Inn in Hotel Circle in Mission Valley just north east of San Diego. Got 2 connecting rooms with queen beds and the comped us on the $14 parking so that was great. Priceline sure worked out for us on this trip. They do charge 9.95 for internet though which makes me unhappy. Sigh. Dave and I had a few beers in the piano bar and it’s now 12:45AM and gotta go to bed. Big day at Sea World San Diego tomorrow.
I'm glad I saw those places but they really weren't that special. Driving fromj Anaheim to Santa Monica and then the 405 to San Diego wasn't a brilliant move on my part.
I’m tired – it’s been a long day
We had breakfast at our hotel and then went to get the rental cars for Dave and I. Took a cab to Dave’s and in just a few minutes he had his PT Cruiser. We then went searching downtown Disney for Alamo to get mine and finally found it. They were out of cars so I had to wait until one was delivered after 25 minutes. I got a new Chevy Impala which I’m thrilled with – huge trunk space too for all our bags and stroller.
We hit the road around 11AM for LA. Holy traffic. We hit traffic all day everywhere we went. We took the I5 to the 101 and went through Hollywood and Beverly Hills. Holly is kind of a dive and not that impressive and Beverly Hills was not that spectacular either. I think we expected more wow factor. The areas is nice and the landscape of the city is unique but overall, nothing special. Nice cars though everywhere. We drove up Beverly Drive to Mulholland drive but nothing special to see. We didn’t have a map of the stars homes so we missed out.
We did see a naked guy pose on rodeo drive giving the rich a big hello. That was hilarious. I saw a Whisky a gogo bar and wanted to buy a shirt but they were closed. This is the club where the Doors, Motley Crue, Guns and Roses, Vanhalen all made their debuts.
We then headed to Santa Monica and enjoyed the ocean and Bubba Gump Shrimp Company. The kids loved the beach and playing in the water. The beach though was kind of littered with some garbage and peoples discarded clothing. We must have been in the non tourist section as we were the only non Hispanic people playing at the beach.
We took a short drive to Venice beach and the girls and kids stayed in the car. This was a weird area – seemed kind of tough and ghetto like. Saw muscle beach and we took off.
Drove for hours just to get through the traffic to get to the highway. That wasn’t fun. By 8:30 we are all beat and tired but still had another hour 15 to go. Sigh. Finally found the Town and Country Inn in Hotel Circle in Mission Valley just north east of San Diego. Got 2 connecting rooms with queen beds and the comped us on the $14 parking so that was great. Priceline sure worked out for us on this trip. They do charge 9.95 for internet though which makes me unhappy. Sigh. Dave and I had a few beers in the piano bar and it’s now 12:45AM and gotta go to bed. Big day at Sea World San Diego tomorrow.
I'm glad I saw those places but they really weren't that special. Driving fromj Anaheim to Santa Monica and then the 405 to San Diego wasn't a brilliant move on my part.
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