Variety of Common and Fancy in LA @ 52nd Day

Yesterday I failed to reach Hollywood sign...

I felt something like chagrin...

I was supposed to go another place, but I retried!!

I can't come back without seeing Hollywood sign closely.

Well, Of course I chose "Hollywood sign" way.

If I had chosen the other way, I would have gone this horse house.

We can go to the top with riding on a horse.

Sometimes I saw horse waste...

I might have step on that...

Later, the only thing is to walk and walk...

I did the same as yesterday

The difference is whether I walked right way or not.

Yes, I noticed I had walked wrong way yesterday.

 Finally I reached to the sign!!

It was much bigger than my thought.

As think usually, it must be big to be seen from the city.


The view is extremely good because of the top (of course) and my sense of achievement!

I asked a guy to take a picture!

 

After descendent, I drove to the West.

What I saw is gorgeous houses in Beverly Hills.

Many famous people have their big houses there.

Well sometimes I want to have a house like that, but I prefer useful house, not gorgeous.

Before that opinion, I might have no choice but common house.


I drove from Hollywood to this place!

U...C...L...A....

University of California, Los Angeles!!

In the public school, it's a top school...

Without any plan, I walked in the campas.

I just wanted to walk and feel atmosphere.

I felt something serious.

Oh, I found an interesting cafe named "cafe SYNAPSE."

I ordered small latte.

The taste is as usual....

The same thing that I experienced at the cafe in Harvard happen in this cafe.

Clerk : "Are you a student in this school?"

Takumi : "... N, No..."

I couldn't say yes because I can't be a UCLA student....



Next where I came is Santa Monica.

This is downtown Santa Monica.

It seems nice, but this street is full of fancy shops and restaurants.

I just saw outside and passed through...

Santa Monica is famous for its beach that is thought NO.1 beach in West Coast.

I can see blue sky, blue ocean, mountains in the left, downtown in the back and wide beach side.

I imagine people's activity in summer.

I want to come in the summer vacation~~ 

At that time, it is time of sunset.

Many people gathered to the pier.

I saw the sun settling in the horizon with birds instead of people.

How nice (!?) is it!!

 

At night I moved to Venice, which is next to Santa Monica.

There is a hostel that I stay tonight.

Actually, I prefer Venice to Santa Monica.

This is the place for commoner.

It doesn't have order and is a little dirty.

 However it's more interesting for me. Much more interesting!! Really. Yes.

 

I will walk around Venice tomorrow morning and update good pictures next blog.

You'll got to like Venice by my pictures!!