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So this idea for the trip got started quite fast at work. We had had loads of people quitting and new girls starting. Melina and Ida hadnt worked in our work place for that long and we had never hung out outside of work. Melina had lived in L.A. and wanted to go back for holiday. Ida had one week of holiday left that she needed to use. I, well i just joked that why wasnt i invited.. They had already booked flights and all and they told me to check if the same cheap flights where still there.. I did and i booked them basically within the same day they asked me to come! 420€ for return flights via Stockholm! A month before the trip! CHEAP!
Before leaving on 31st of March we had quite exciting last night cause we had troubles with ESTA that was recommended to take 72 hours before departure.. Me and Melina had taken ours couple of weeks before but Ida had bought hers from some fake site and ended up having to close her credit card.. I took it for her a day before and everything was ok until the previous night when she noticed that her birthday was wrong on the ESTA.. She had accidentally written it wrong in whatsapp.. It added some excitement if they would left her into the countr when we took it only like 8 hours before departure from Helsinki..
I woke up at 4.45 and Ida and her boyfriend picked me up and we were at the airport at 6 am. 45 min flight to Stockholm and then to LA. We had wondered how the flights had been so cheap but in Sweden we found out that it was a new route that they had just started! The food on the plane was good, movies sucked tho! The plane was a new SAS plane and it was really nice! You could charge your phone on the plame and buy wifi if you wanted to. The flight took around 10 hours and 30 minutes.
We arrived to L.A. 11.45 am and waiting on the customs line for 40 minutes. We all got into the country! WUHUU! The guy at the desk was so tired of his job that we just laughed at how much we had scared that moment! We got our luggage instantly and we only waited for the flyaway bus for 10 minutes. It took us to Union station where we paid 9 dollars for the bus ride.
From the Union station we took train to North Hollywood with the red line. We had to buy this tap card for 1 dollar and one journey cost 1.75 dollars.
From there we walked through the famous street with them stars on the ground to our hotel in Sunset Blv. It took us around 15-20 with the luggage. The hotel was called Saharan motor hotel. We walked back to Hollywood blv quite fast to do quick shopping in Marshall for shampoos etc. and I also found nice sunglasses from there. We walked almost alllll the way to the end of the street or at least what felt like it to this greek place to eat. I had problems with my credit card cause the swipe thing didnt work and they dont use the sim there yet. The woman put it manually and it worked. After the food we were exhausted! We took a uber back to hotel and went to take a nap before a party. The two hour nap was a bit longer since we werent able to get up again..
We woke up at 5 am and at 6.30 we left for...
So this idea for the trip got started quite fast at work. We had had loads of people quitting and new girls starting. Melina and Ida hadnt worked in our work place for that long and we had never hung out outside of work. Melina had lived in L.A. and wanted to go back for holiday. Ida had one week of holiday left that she needed to use. I, well i just joked that why wasnt i invited.. They had already booked flights and all and they told me to check if the same cheap flights where still there.. I did and i booked them basically within the same day they asked me to come! 420€ for return flights via Stockholm! A month before the trip! CHEAP!
Before leaving on 31st of March we had quite exciting last night cause we had troubles with ESTA that was recommended to take 72 hours before departure.. Me and Melina had taken ours couple of weeks before but Ida had bought hers from some fake site and ended up having to close her credit card.. I took it for her a day before and everything was ok until the previous night when she noticed that her birthday was wrong on the ESTA.. She had accidentally written it wrong in whatsapp.. It added some excitement if they would left her into the countr when we took it only like 8 hours before departure from Helsinki..
I woke up at 4.45 and Ida and her boyfriend picked me up and we were at the airport at 6 am. 45 min flight to Stockholm and then to LA. We had wondered how the flights had been so cheap but in Sweden we found out that it was a new route that they had just started! The food on the plane was good, movies sucked tho! The plane was a new SAS plane and it was really nice! You could charge your phone on the plame and buy wifi if you wanted to. The flight took around 10 hours and 30 minutes.
We arrived to L.A. 11.45 am and waiting on the customs line for 40 minutes. We all got into the country! WUHUU! The guy at the desk was so tired of his job that we just laughed at how much we had scared that moment! We got our luggage instantly and we only waited for the flyaway bus for 10 minutes. It took us to Union station where we paid 9 dollars for the bus ride.
From the Union station we took train to North Hollywood with the red line. We had to buy this tap card for 1 dollar and one journey cost 1.75 dollars.
From there we walked through the famous street with them stars on the ground to our hotel in Sunset Blv. It took us around 15-20 with the luggage. The hotel was called Saharan motor hotel. We walked back to Hollywood blv quite fast to do quick shopping in Marshall for shampoos etc. and I also found nice sunglasses from there. We walked almost alllll the way to the end of the street or at least what felt like it to this greek place to eat. I had problems with my credit card cause the swipe thing didnt work and they dont use the sim there yet. The woman put it manually and it worked. After the food we were exhausted! We took a uber back to hotel and went to take a nap before a party. The two hour nap was a bit longer since we werent able to get up again..
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| Used to be my all time fav when i was young! |
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| Only in hollywood.. |
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| again, only in hollywood.. |
We woke up at 5 am and at 6.30 we left for...
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