I <3 Downtown LA
Alright, today we went to Downtown Los Angeles to explore the city's often ignored/disliked central district. Anyway, I've always been a sucker a good urban area (just thinking about Manhattan makes me go weak at the knees), and so LA has me hooked.
So, I'm not really gonna write too much, but rather, I'll let the pictures do the talking.
Our first stop in downtown LA was Olvero street. Just across the road from LA's famous Union station, Olvero street is a mexican street market which houses LA's oldest standing structure, a rancher's second home built in the spanish adobe style almost 200 years ago. We also went to 'Mr Churro', where they sell their namesake, a traditional Mexican straight doughnut.
In Chinatown, we found an amazing chinese grocer/department store with a brilliant view across the city.
Once we had done Chinatown, we went the the Walt Disney Philharmonic hall, a stunning, incredibly photogenic builiding designed by world famous architect Frank Gehry.
The search for lunch and a more of LA's hidden beauty brought us to the amazing Grand Central market, where you can get a whole range of delicious food from around the world for ridiculously cheap price, including lemonade as big as your head for just $US2.50.
Once done, we walked across to Little Tokyo with full bladders (those drink must be a litre each), then made our way back through the mean streets of LA (lots of homeless people) to our car, at which time we did a short drive around some parts of the city we missed, then headed home via an open-air shopping mall called Block at Orange.
Tommorow, we leave town at 6AM, making our way up the coast towards San Francisco over the next 3 days. I might not get a chance to update until then, so until I next seeya, have fun and stay in contact!
So, I'm not really gonna write too much, but rather, I'll let the pictures do the talking.
Our first stop in downtown LA was Olvero street. Just across the road from LA's famous Union station, Olvero street is a mexican street market which houses LA's oldest standing structure, a rancher's second home built in the spanish adobe style almost 200 years ago. We also went to 'Mr Churro', where they sell their namesake, a traditional Mexican straight doughnut.
In Chinatown, we found an amazing chinese grocer/department store with a brilliant view across the city.
Once we had done Chinatown, we went the the Walt Disney Philharmonic hall, a stunning, incredibly photogenic builiding designed by world famous architect Frank Gehry.
The search for lunch and a more of LA's hidden beauty brought us to the amazing Grand Central market, where you can get a whole range of delicious food from around the world for ridiculously cheap price, including lemonade as big as your head for just $US2.50.
Once done, we walked across to Little Tokyo with full bladders (those drink must be a litre each), then made our way back through the mean streets of LA (lots of homeless people) to our car, at which time we did a short drive around some parts of the city we missed, then headed home via an open-air shopping mall called Block at Orange.
Tommorow, we leave town at 6AM, making our way up the coast towards San Francisco over the next 3 days. I might not get a chance to update until then, so until I next seeya, have fun and stay in contact!
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