We had a very relaxing morning while we waited for Loic to meet us at our host's house. We looked up to see if there were any free tickets for TV shows either today or tomorrow, and it turns out that there were shows today but they were all sold out. I was really bummed because one of the tapings today was America's Funniest Home Videos, which is one that I said I'd love to see before we even left on the trip. For some reason, it just didn't cross our mind again until we were here- too bad we didn't look up the info before hand because then we probably would have been in the audience. Even though it's a bit disappointing, we still have so much to explore and I have no doubt that we will have busy day. Loic arrived around quarter to 11 and we got his bike put with ours. Since our host's house was SO close to Hollywood Boulevard, we decided to walk. For the rest of the day, we walked around Hollywood, right down Hollywood Boulevard. We saw the stars in the sidewalk as we walked along the Hollywood Walk of Fame and used our monthly "anniversary dinner" from Grammy to go to Hard Rock cafe next to the Grauman's Chinese Theater. It was just so good! Joey and I even got a drink; Joe a Long Island Iced Tea and I had a Fruitapalooza- which was probably one of the best drinks I've ever had, it was so fruity! Lunch was just as good! After our awesome lunch, we headed to somewhere we could see the Hollywood sign. When we found it, it was still pretty far away, but it was still pretty exciting to be there. We started to head back to the house to get our bikes because we wanted to ride around and try to find some of the homes that the stars lived in. As we were walking, we kept being nagged by the bus tour guy we had met earlier that day. Every time he saw us he gave us a cheaper and cheaper price. Since we had a plan to ride around and try to see a few places, we didn't want to go on the bus tour. But after a little deliberation, we ended up deciding to do the bus tour after all. By the time we got home and started riding to find some places, it would be close to dark and we probably wouldn't have too good of luck finding the houses since we had no clue where they are. In the end, it was perfect to take the bus. We got to get a little closer to the Hollywood sign, saw a TON of celebrity homes, a good portion of Beverly Hills and a whole bunch of other things, like the restaurant that Jennifer Aniston owns. I had a lot of fun. Our driver was pretty crazy that's for sure, but that makes it pretty fun! Whenever there wasn't anything to show us or talk about, he would crank the tunes so we could feel what it would be like to "cruise around in a "convertible" with the tunes going." The last 15 minutes of the tour were really neat because it was getting dark. We went from cruising around in the sunshine to riding through the streets of Beverly Hills with all of the lights, and even saw the Beverly Hills sign at night. It was really cool. The tour was 2 hours long, but our driver ended up getting back about 15-20 minutes late. Joey and I had a really great time on the tour-and we definitely saw a heck of a lot more than if we were on our bikes trying to find stuff. Unfortunately, our crazy driver talked so fast that Loic couldn't understand most of it, which is completely understandable since we had a hard time understanding him sometimes too. We walked back in the dark along Hollywood Blvd. There was some kind of independent movie even at the Chinese theater, so there were a lot of people around there. We knew something had to be going on tonight because everything was barricaded off and they were vaccuuming the red carpet. Poor Loic had to ride back to where he was staying in the dark, but I guess it wasn't too bad since there were street lights. We definitely didn't plan on getting back after dark. Joey and I had dinner with Barry and a friend that came to visit (Susan was at a neighbors house for some kind of dinner party). The lady was super nice and was a lot of fun to talk to. She is also a physical trainer and was originally from Argentina. What an awesome dinner we had, Barry is quite the cook! He made linguini with vegetables and a seafood medley including shrimp! It was heavenly. It has been so great getting to enjoy so many awesome meals lately. I think back to when we were riding through British Columbia and the Yukon and we had such a bland steady diet of rice, mac and cheese, and oatmeal, and it really makes me appreciate all of this wonderful food we have been enjoying lately. What a great day of sight seeing! I'm so excited that we are in LA/Hollywood!
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