Thanks to a 2-for-1 Virgin America promotion, we visited Los Angeles and San Diego for both relatives and attractions. Weather was mostly comfortable albeit some hot moments in LA. The food was primarily Taiwanese style, but awesome compared to Toronto. We visited many attractions and areas without rushing, and I totally understand why people love California.
Day 1 Friday Oct 8
- Left Waterloo 3:30, arrived YYZ 5:30 for the 6:45 pm flight
- Landed LAX at 9 pm, picked up rental car at 9:40 pm
Day 2 Saturday Oct 9
- Griffith observatory
- Pasadena
- San Gabriel Mission and shopping
- Old Town
- Balboa Park
- La Jolla Cove
- Downtown - Disney concert hall, Cathedral, City Hall, Bradbury building
- USC/Staples Center
- Hollywood - Hollywood & Highland Mall, Kodak Theater, Grauman's Chinese Theatre (there was a crazy crowd for the Bruce Willis at the Special Screening of “Red”). No, we didn't see him
- The Grove & Farmers' Market
- Santa Monica pier
- Getty Center
- Pinks Hot Dog
- Beverly Hills Hotel
- Rodeo Drive
- In N Out burger
- 11:15 pm Virgin America flight, landed at Toronto 7 am and back to work at 9
- TD USD Visa - $150
- Gas - $20? + $40 + $20
- Lots of Post Cards
- No 3G Kindle at 5 Target's and 2 Best Buy's, wow...
- AA - typical, full flight $471
- Virgin- very good, not a full flight $200
- Off-site at LAX
- 4 day rental of Midsize car = $73 USD = $75 CAD
- Kia Optima, drove 500 miles
- Very thankful for a working GPS leading us everywhere (and sometimes got us in circles too)
- Highways taken - 5, 10, 110, 101, 105, 605, 710 <- pretty much all the highways in LA, which is 10X more than Toronto
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