Now Playing: Drinking in La - The Bran Van 3000 (predictably)
Topic: Travel
Woo-hoo LA. I feel like I'm on a film set, and the people all around me are merely actors.
The flight over lasted 11 hours, wherby I passed the time by watching The Fugitive starring Harrison Ford a total of 4 times, as the alternatives were films I had either (a) already seen, or be (b) had not intention of seeing as they starred Jim Carey.
Got to the hostel around 4pm local time (that's midnight to the people back home). The Golden Rule when I arrived was that I mustn't sleep, or risk the onrush of jet lag for the rest of my days. Although, one of the guys I spoke to reckoned that as I was making so many trips in the next seven weeks, the chances were that I suffer nothing but jetlag.
Lasted until 9pm local time (5am). So that's a total of 23 hours. Not bad going.
The hostel's on Schrader Boulevard, which is between Sunset Strip and Hollywood Boulevard, with the fabled Hollywood Walk of Fame. Although judging by how few names I recognised on the Walk, I reckon I could get my own star by the end of the week. Yeah, expecially if I used Gold Magic Marker or something.
Anthony, the guy I sat next to on the plane's been given Mel B's home number by one of her mum's friend's (she's one of these Clairvoyant's to the Stars, type people - wonder if she's the same one Glenn Hoddle used?). Yes, Scary Spice has apparently fled the UK and set herself up in Beverly Hills, living off nothing but Spice Girl royalties. Though, I reckon it can't last forever, so that reunion tour we're all crying out for (ha!) can't be too far off.
Spent the morning looking for a bar that's gonna be showing the Arsenal v Villareal match (In an attempt to fit in with the local crowd, I of course wore my Gooner shirt). Natalie, a Gooner from Chiswick, who's been here for a month, seemed hopefull it'd be on in a sports bar on Pal Mal.
Haven't found Pal Mal yet, but did find an authentic Irish Bar, which was of course run by a group of Spaniards.
Posted by levers
at 6:53 PM BST
Updated: Wednesday, 19 April 2006 7:00 PM BST
