HOLLYWOOD

After Mexico, ANYTHING was looking better, so we started to head north through California. Negotiating LA traffic was an interesting experience. Massive highways and exits on the left and right (which are so confusing sometimes), but the traffic was really no worse than Toronto at rush-hour. With our rather inadequate map, we managed to find our way to the Kodak theater. We were unaware of our timing, having been on the road for 3 days already, so we didn't understand why there was so much activity and confusion when we got there. Finally, we clued in that the Oscars were on Sunday and we'd stumbled onto the crews setting up for it all. Pretty cool, if I am going to be honest. All in all, a fabulous stop for sure.

Part of the LA downtown skyline


The classic picture taken in front of the Hollywood sign. I know it's not real close, but we were getting sick of diving and didn't want to try to find the hill.

The Hollywood Stars. Even though many of them were covered by the red carpet, we still found some fun ones to take pictures of.

This is the start of the red carpet for the Oscars. It extends down the street in front of the Kodak Theater and the press/public line the sides of it to take pictures of the stars. The rehearsals were going on the day we were there, so there were lots of limos around, but sadly, we didn't get to see any stars. We did have a great time poking our noses around the setup though!

Obviously, a fake Oscar. This one read: "World's Best Nurse" Not sure it can get cheesier than that!