Mattias in Hollywood

There are a few places any visitor to LA should see. However, none really impressed me, except from one. Tourists normally visit places such as for example St Monica (uptown beach area), Venice Beach (where Baywatch was recorded), Hollywood (with its walk of fame and Chinese theatre and others), Sunset Boulevard (where all the fancy restaurants and nightclubs are located, often owned by Hollywood stars), Beverly Hills (expensive shopping), Disneyland (classic) and Universal Studios (worlds largest film studios). The only place I didn’t pay a visit was Disneyland California and the only place I thoroughly liked was the Universal Studios. Hollywood was an OK place but crowded by tourists who all go crazy and fight about having their pictures taken with the tiny Hollywood sign (many many miles away) in the background. And it is hard to enjoy the walk of fame with thousands of tourists who go hysteric every time they see the name of someone they have seen on TV. Anyway, Hollywood is the second on my list and the conclusion can be summarised as follows:

If your name is Kevin Kay or similar it is likely that you will end up in Los Angeles on “speed-tourism” with only a few hours to see the sights. Here is what you should do: Screw St Monica, screw Venice Beach, screw Hollywood, screw Sunset Boulevard, screw Disneyland, screw Beverly Hills and only go to Universal Studios and spend a whole day there. If you have two days; on the first day do a beach in the morning, Hollywood in the afternoon and in the evening, go to a restaurant and/or club on Sunset Boulevard. Spend whole of day two in Universal Studios. If you are Kevin Kay in 5-6 years or more, you may need to stay another day to do Disneyland.

And from Hollywood you need freekin' good binoculars to see the bloody sign. In this picture its about 4 pixels wide. Have a guess...