Hollywood!

Today I'm off to visit hollywood. We set off down Santa Monica boulevard and all we can hear in our heads is a certain Sheryl Crow song. It doesn't look good at the start as its overcast but the fates are with us and after about 30 mins the sun does indeed come up.

Hollywood is ok but not mind blowing. We fail to find Bill Murray's star on the walk of fame but I do spot Ivan Reitman's and a host of stars belonging to Star trek cast members. We have a quite look at the hand prints outside the Chinese theatre and I'm happy to see that my hands are the same size as Arnie's although I'm a fair bit taller so maybe thats not a fair fight ;)

Lunch consists of a burrito from a food truck which tastes great and then its back to the car to head to Burbank for a free tour of Warner Bros studios curtesy of work. The tour is good fun. We get see the tricks of the trade and stand in Central Perk from Friends. Lots of the locations have been used in various films and tv. Theres a mini lake not much larger than a home pool that was used to simulate the ocean in free willy!

We head back to the hotel via Sunset boulevard looking at all the bars and shops. We pass the reasonably famous Whisky-a-gogo but it looks shut at this early time.

The evening is spent having cocktails and sliders (mini hamburgers for non-US people) and then heading out for a nice italian at a place called Laco. I order a chicken pesto lasagne which is delicious.

Paul