instant LA's..

LA.

LA.

Driving from San Diego, we arrived in LA, and since we had a car, it was pretty easy to see bits and pieces of LA. we drove to Newport beach, and santa monica beach (totally forgot about laguna beach. uh). we walked the walk of fame, saw marilyn monroes dresses, visited the la brea tar pit museum (awesome-i bought a book about it). and visited Rydell High. 

it's so sunny and bright here. the roads here are never ending. it is SO scary to drive along an endless road and then see the crossing roads.. cuz they are endless too. and i've never seen so many cars in my entire life at once. there are cars everywhere. the biggest city i've ever been to.

we drove through LA from south to north on the 5 i think, so far on our california trip we've never been standing still on the highway. driving went very smooth. car country. i wish it was the 70's cuz the cars looked so much better back then. i love my moms photos from 1975. We did get mega-lost once. a road trip that could have taken 10 minutes or less for us.. took 3 HOURS. no, i'm not telling. but at least we could laugh about it. and .. we got to see a lot of stuff on those 3 hours.

i love LA. i bought a bunch of cheap camera film here and some cheap plastic toy cameras.

GREASE is the word!

couldn't miss this place in LA. it was first on our list.
we can die happy now. Rydell High in our hearts. what a pearl.
i think it's the most gorgeous school in the entire world.
GREASE, forever changed my life. and i was 7 years old.
i am framing a bigger version of our jump pic on my wall.

this is what happy looks like.

santa monica pier, LA.

my favorite stars in hollywood.

san diego, part 3.

We ate at Ruby's diner, somewhere in the city.
i liked it less than Mel's. just sayin.
but the milkshakes... aaaah!

san diego, part 2.

the look on Peter's face cracks me up every time.

We visited the us midway. Cute ship. I got ww2 postcards, had tiny panic attacks in the little rooms and tiny corridors cuz of too much titanic movie watching. I also got into an awkward but funny conversation with some retired lieutenant (?. i really have no idea) who got confused when i moved around and kept changing my seats during his tour.. he did not like that! lol. No military career for me there, and later talked about my "swedish blondeness". hahaa, but he was very nice. Another lady commented on my complexion, she could tell i wasn't american. eh. Overall it was interesting, i've never been on a war-ship before.

san diego, part 1.

I loved all the palm trees in the city everywhere. We went to so many museums my feet hurt at the end of the day. Loved the dinosaurs at the natural history museum (loved them. i escpeially enjoyed it cuz of the fact that they were found in california). Loved the weather and loved san diego!

My mom's story of her road trip to san diego in the 1970's beats mine though.. with a 50's cadillac with two older ladies wearing cat eye sunglasses driving from LA to san diego. I would have died from overexposure to awesomeness. I hope i'm just as cool when i'm at that age. I can't believe i missed california in the 70's. i've seen the pictures, it was wonderful.

san francisco, day four.

i went in to the city today and spent some time with Kajsa. we went to a diner, and then we headed to the mission, where she lives. we sat for an hour in a really nice park and had a small picnic with baked bread and olives from an organic little food store close by, eating and chatting while overlooking the skyscrapes. time ran away from us faster than we wanted and i had to catch my train back to palo alto. at the caltrain station i saw cecilia and affe who just returned visiting stina in palo alto. it's the third time we run in to each other. funny. that felt like being in little umeå too! how nice.

we think the mission is quite nice. i seriously loved that park. little tiny place in the world. wish i could have stayed longer, but a week from now, i might have more time. we're going to san diego tomorrow morning. and then driving back up to here via L.A. i'll be back online on saturday or sunday. have a nice week.

those lines look insane and can't possible be safe!!

me in a polaroid taken by kajsa.
i don't have a scanner here,
i will scan it when i get home.

oh. and i can add some more things to the american list:

• BART subway here in san fran has carpet floors in them. WHY?!. i nearly died when i saw that.
  
• don't place the parking permit in the car? why even waste money on getting one then?
• some things are more expensive here, but a lot of things are cheaper.
• 3 pair of converse shoes here for almost the price of a single pair in sweden (yes emily i have them for you!) i hate sweden!.

rocky horror..

At midnight, Stina and I went back from SF to Palo Alto to see the Rocky Horror Picture Show at Guild, which is an old movie theater. i've always wanted to see it in a theater.. i was superhappy. (i know there are shows in denmark, but with sweden i'm not sure). there were performances and people shouting funny things very synced through the whole film and lots of singing and dancing. it was really fun. well, for the people who know the film, there was a bunch that hadn't seen it, think they will have to see it again. if you get a chance, go see it!