From there, we went to the Griffith Park Observatory. I've lived in California since I was 4 (23 years!), and I've never been there! So today was a special day :)
I was standing on a table (like the lunch tables from elementary school). Jacob took this picture as I was falling. Okay, I wasn't falling. I was slipping.
Behind the dome, in the distance, is downtown L.A. You can't see it because of all the smog!
The dome is open! And there's the Hollywood sign in the distance.
My cousins Joanna and Liza. Lol, Joanna looks like she is looking at the wall!
This is as close as I'll get to the moon!
Einstein teaching my cousins a thing or two about his finger
Me and my Mr. Nielsen
I wanted to take a picture closer to the Hollywood sign. So we decided to get as close as we could to it! We drove up and down the hills and crowded LA neighborhoods. We saw big houses with zero driving space. It was like, the further you drove up, the tinier and more cramped the neighborhood got!
Almost there... We really had no idea what road(s) to take to get there. We just guessed!
We drove up this mountain where there were a bunch of people hiking. I wasn't satisfied. I still wanted a closer shot.
And this was as close as we got!!! We found another road and it took us through this windy, congested street. Hello, Hollywood!After finding the sign, we drove down Hollywood Blvd. The streets were packed. I wanted to park the car and walk around but we had no idea where to park. We just drove. I tried to take pictures...
We went to Venice Beach. This was our main attraction. I have been wanting to go since forever, so I could take some action photos of the skateboarders. We had no idea there was a skateboarding competition! Three generations of pro-skateboarders were there! Including Tony Hawk and Sergie Ventura!
Sergie Ventura getting air
Above: Sergie again... and below, an up-close shot of Sergie!
Tony Hawk (in green) a.k.a. The Birdman
After Venice Beach, we headed to the Walt Disney Concert Hall. I have never been there before. It was awesome! We walked around outside and took some pictures. The architecture was amazing. These two pictures are my attempt at panoramas
Below: This was taken from behind the Disney Concert Hall. It's so pretty!
We wanted to make one more stop... the Los Angeles Temple! We brought my cousins there. We went inside the visitor's center and took a quick tour since it was 8pm already and we still had to drive 2 hours to get home! Isn't it beautiful? I love the temple. I hope to someday go to all the temples in California!
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