Los Angeles Adventures

Redondo Pier

Dinner in Santa Monica

View from Afterparty House

Santa Monica Pier

Hollywood Walk of Fame

I have been the worst at blogging the past year. I have been to LA twice in the past year so may as well post something about my wonderful adventures to the land of Hollywood. My first trip was back in September to visit my bestie who is going to school at FIDM downtown. I went with two other friends and we spent the week sightseeing, shopping and drinking. We fell in love with Santa Monica and the epic after parties of Beverly Hills. Since I have not been in that neck of the woods since I was about 10 years old, and only went to see Minnie Mouse at Disneyland, I was very excited to explore the area. We did all the typical touristy things, such as take a celebrity house tour through the hills, go to beaches, try to find celebrities at Bootsy Bellows, 1Oak and Melrose Ave, shop at DASH, eat at Bottega, shop at The Grove, walk down Redondo Beach Pier and walk the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The only 'celeb' we ended up seeing was Ron Jeremy, which I know sounds like we must have been hanging around some greasy strip club but we actually saw him at this after party in the hills. And yes, he was creepy and tried grabbing my butt. Was not surprised and still managed to get a selfie with him but definitely learned my lesson. Apart from that I was pleasantly surprised with the area, although it was dirty it wasn't worse than I expected and actually had very nice people and gorgeous scenery. I almost forgot to mention the fact that we fangirled super hard at a Jesse McCartney concert at the House of Blues on Sunset. Seriously made my year. It was a busy week that ended up being a ton of fun with amazing company. It definitely made me want to return, of which I did in February. 

Let the bookings begin!

To celebrate graduation, I have began to plan and book a trip to Eastern Europe and the United Kingdom. To make things easier for anyone wanting to book a similar trip, I will post links to pages and continue to blog about the trip as it happens. So far, we have decided to fly into London and spend 5 nights there battling jet lag and taking day trips. From London, we are flying to Prague via Ryanair (for $200! Deals on deals) and taking two bus tours offered through Busabout. The two I have discovered are the Classic Rhapsody Trek and Bohemian Trek. So we will be touring through 7 countries in 16 days and seeing sights I've always wanted to see, but have been too intimidated to follow through on. We've decided to go through a tour guide simply because of the language barriers and for security measures. Safety first! From there we are flying back to England and touring through Salisbury, Bath, Stoke-on-Trent, Nottingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Hexham and then off to Scotland. I cannot wait to embark on this adventure! Any tips would be greatly appreciated, as we would love to save money in any way! Currently trying to debate on train passes and hotels/hostels.