After a reasonable night's sleep we went for breakfast. It was a lovely breakfast out on the veranda of the hotel. I had fruit, granola and yogurt but Heather couldn't eat her stack of pancakes! Jon had a huge bacon, egg, sausage meal, far too much.
We went for a walk on Santa Monica pier which was lovely. On the way back we went to the tour office and booked tour of the city on the hop on hop off British double decker bus. We also booked a trip to Universal for tomorrow.
We sat on the open top upstairs of the bus and had a good tour and listened to the commentary.
Our first stop was Rodeo Drive and we wandered around all the beautiful shops and looked at what we could not afford. It is really nice on the drive, so clean and modern.
Back on the bus and we went to the Farmers market. We could not hear the commentary as the lady bus driver had her radio on and it was coming over the speakers and we had some foreign noisy people who we had to ask to be quiet sitting near us. the way the bus was designed we could not get down to the driver and ask for her to turn the radio off so we sat and listened to rap for over half an hour!! It was a bit of a joke really as she kept turning it up and in the end the noisy people kept stamping their feet on the floor. When it finally stopped at the market she came round to ask what the noise was?? So we told her and she said all the drivers have their radios on and she didn't know it was coming over the speaker but no sorry!!!
We got some lunch in the market and then had a walk around the shops before getting back on the bus to Hollywood Walk of Fame. We walked the Walk of Fame and went to the viewing point to see the Hollywood sign for a photo and then to the Kodak Theatre where they hold the Oscars. We went for a drink to the Disney shop which is a typical American style bar.
We then got the bus back to Rodeo Drive where we had to change to get back to Santa Monica.The bus driver on the second bus was mad and drove so fast and it was really scary but we got back to Santa Monica safe and sound but very tired.
One thing I don't like about America is being told by the bus drivers that they expect tips AND how much we should be paying. We were on and off buses all day and it would have cost more than the ticket had we tipped the way they suggested!!!
We had a quick shower and change and went out for dinner but it felt very cold and chilly.
We went for dinner to and Italian and once again it was a big meal and half my pizza came home with us in a box and they also asked if we wanted Heather's past meal boxed!!
We thought it best to book a call for the morning in case we didn't wake as our pick up was 7.45.
WEATHER
Sunny but a cold wind
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