Goodbye America

Ok so its been a long time since we last blogged.

Ill start by finishing off the America part. When i last blogged we were heading to Downtown LA in search of historical, beautiful buildings (there must be some, surely?!). We took the metro rail, on which, we met a crazy guy who was shouting at us to leave England and move to high ground as it's apparently not safe anymore with all this flooding and global warming going on. We also saw an old woman dressed head to toe in lilac - very much a case of 'When I Am Old I Shall Wear Purple...' Anyway, as for the aforementioned beautiful buildings, well, there weren't any. Our first stop was the third largest cathedral in the world, (at which the guide promised we would marvel at its sublime architecture) which, i have to say was HUGE but really modern, characterless and really just not at all like a church. Next up was the old Grand Central Market, which on arrival proved to be in da ghetto init, so after a short circuit of the block we headed back to our favourite place in Hollywood; the Kodak Theater Complex, where we talked the afternoon away in the sunshine.

The next day was Sunday, and our last day in L.A. We headed once again to the coast, this time to Venice Beach, which was packed out. I had a nice walk along the shore, and was honestly glad to be out of Hollywood. In the afternoon we wondered along the promenade, which was lined with little shops and stalls selling the usual touristy things, where i bought myself some new sunglasses. Later on, we took the metro rail to the airport, which was probably the scariest experience of my life; we had to change 3 times, each stop becoming progressively more ghetto. At the last change i think the whole entire platform was just staring at the two little white girls with their backpacks.