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Los Angeles
Last day in San Francisco was spent going to the Tech Museum in Silicon Valley.
The museum was good! All their exhibits are interactive.
You can try to build your own roller coaster, then try it out on a screen after you have submitted your design.
You can scan a 3-D picture of your own head and render it all sorts of textures.
You can play with windmill models, solar panel models and water wheel models to generate your own electricity.
I saw (while in the car on the freeway) Adobe buildings, Yahoo Buildings, Siemens, Microsoft, Oracle....
It is The Silicon Valley after all.
We left in the afternoon and went to Union Square (San Francisco's main shopping district).
Macy's, Nieman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue were all around the area. This is an expensive area. Loads of high end shops like LV, Tiffany, Gucci....
The only thing I got from this area was shimmerbricks from Bobbi Brown. For some weird reason, Bobbi Brown is only available in the higher end retail chains of Nieman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue. Macy's carries high end labels, but also cheaper labels.
We had dinner in Chinatown and the parents in law were happy to finally have rice for dinner.
One can only take so much of bread and pasta. :p
Before we left San Francisco the next day, we made a stop at the gigantic Outlet Mall in Great Mall Drive. To really shop in US, you have to go to factory outlets. Their normal rates are just to expensive.
We only spent 2 hours there and we barely covered 20% of the mall. Father in law seems to like it and spent quite a lot in there.
I happily bought more stuff again.
And so on the road we go on again.
We drove all the way to Los Angeles and it was a 7 hour drive. We finally reached our hotel in the evening and all of us were tired.
The Chosen One and I had Denny's and ordered some food to take back to the hotel. Father in law ate instant noodles. He was really tired of burgers and pasta and fried chicken....
Our first day in Los Angeles (yesterday) was spent visiting Chinatown (at least driving past it and having breakfast and diner in the area), visiting the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard and Universal Studio.
Portions here are big. The server indicated the size of a bowl of porridge and it turned out twice as big.
Dinner resulted in so much food that we barely ate 50% of it.
The Hollywood Walk of Fame had people in costumes walking along it. They would take a picture with tourist for a price. There were many...from Captain Jack Sparrow to Darth Vadar to Homer Simpson and even some Marvel Action Hero that I have no idea what were they called.
There was a Giordano in Hollywood Boulevard which suprised me. I had no idea Giordano was available in the US.
I didn't like Universal Studio that much...they seem to be gearing up for Halloween and there were loads of skeletons and cages and fake blood and fake monsters...no fun to take pictures with. Bah.
The attractions were nice though. Especially the Shrek 4D experience, Terminator 2 : 3D, The Legendary Studio Tour and Special Effects Stages.
Shrek is 4D is because that spray water in your face too. =____=
We bought a more expensive ticket that allowed us Gate A access to attractions.
This means we get priority and better seats. Cool yah?
We left the park at around 530pm and there was a special event for Halloween that will go on after the park closes. To take part in it was an additional USD 22 on top of the price we paid. Everything is about money. =___=
Today, it is off to Disneyland!
But before that...there was a wedding procession in our hotel.
I think they are American Vietnamese and they were off to pick up the bride? I'm not very sure...but the groom and almost every male in the party was in suits and the female in long dresses. I did see a roasted pig somewhere in there.
Erm...ok, to carry on, we went to Disneyland today. :D
When we stepped in, it was exactly like the one in Hong Kong.
First, the garden with the train station on top with side entrances to Main Street.
But this is one is much much bigger, with more Worlds!
And, coincidently, our last trip to Hong Kong's Disneyland was during the Halloween Season too.
I think the parents in law were tired of walking and they kept urging us to go explore while they remain seated.
My favourite world was Toontown. Eveything is so cute and cartoon looking. Next would probably be Fantasy Land.
As you can see, I like them cartoony and pretty. :p
Because today is a Saturday, the place was very very crowded. It was crazy...loads of kids, about one quarter of them dressed in some disney/halloween theme. Parents of the kids, and tour groups and groups of teenagers/friends.
I saw so many mini cinderallas, snow whites, tinkerbells. And even som mini draculas. Those kids were cute!
I bought quite a few things from Disneyland but compared to my previous trip to Hong Kong's Disneyland, it was way less. The presence of my parents in law really controlled me. I think.
Holiday is coming to an end. I will be catching the flight at 9pm tomorrow back to Singapore.
By the time I reach Singapore, it will be the early morning of 30th October.
How time flies....
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Sunday, October 28, 2007