Beverly Hills!

Hello everyone! We checked out of the gorgeous hotel at 8:00 in the morning.  The first time on this trip it was cloudy, but fortunately the clouds disappeared by noon. The first thing we did was visit the Griffith  Observatory in the hills over Los Angeles. We got a good view on the famous  Hollywood sign and the city and therefore could take some good pictures.  After a well spend half hour we jumped on the bus and went to Beverly Hills.  We had a vote on how much time we want to spend there and we decided to stay  until 1:00 PM, which turned out to be a little too much time. We  took pictures at the big Beverly Hills sign and then went on our own. Basically, we watched many expensive cars and took  pictures. There are many rich people and expensive shops,  so we were kinda excited to go there, but there are not many special things. We went to Starbucks and played cards. It was such a good time. After we returned to the bus we started a long journey to the North, where the town of Merced is  located. We traveled almost five hours through the beautiful California  landscape. We watched one of the best movies in the history of cinema: Forrest Gump. Unfortunately most of the people missed this excellent movie because they decided to take a nap instead. After that we watched the Hunger Games.  We didn't get to finish it because we arrived at the Round Table pizzeria  where we ate our dinner. WE HAD PIZZA FOR DINNER!! We could decide between many kinds of pizza: from pepperoni to vegetable. After a delicious dinner we had  a short while to check out the bookstore that was right beside the restaurant. After that we continued our travel to the hotel. We arrived at 7:00 PM having a lot of free time to enjoy the pool, the gym or watch tv in our rooms.

-Yosuke Shimomura (Japan) and Jim Husak (Czech Republic)

Juri, Yosuke, and Alex on Rodeo Drive

Yosuke in Beverly Hills