On my second day in Los Angeles I went to the Walk of Fame, to Beverly Hills and got my really nice car with Patrick and Pascal.

It was quite a long ride to go from my hostel by train to Los Angeles downtown but in the end I arrived there and met Patrick and Pascal.

It was so nice to meet them again and we decided to book a sightseeing tour through LA. The tour started at 12:00 pm and took us all the way through the rich and nice parts of Los Angeles. We drove through Beverly Hills, where all the huge film stars have their nice houses. I saw the house of Robert de Niro, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Matt Damon.

 

After that we went along the „walk of fame“ and caught a train which took us to the airport, where I had to pick up my car. So I did and we drove home with my brand new Dodge Avenger. After I purchased a new navigation system we returned home. It was really nice to drive a car again and I got used to it really fast.

In my hostel I got to know two really nice Swedish girls (Malin and Denise). I enjoyed good conversations with them and we decided to go to the Universal Film Studios together.

The next day Patrick, Pascal, Malin, Denise and me went to the Universal Film Studios and had an awesome day there.

The Universal Film Studios are like a big theme park and  there were many things you could experience. We purchased the ‚Front of a Line Pass‘ and so we didn’t have to wait for any attractions.

 

First of all we went to the Transformers Ride which is a ride with 3D Glasses through the plot and the sets of the movie „Transformers“. It was just awesome.

Our next ride was one in the set of the movie „The Simpsons“. Later that day we saw an awesome show (Underwater) with really popular stuntmen performing in a sea battle.

 

In another show called “Special Effects” we learned a lot about the tricks behind the scenes to create some special effects. They showed us how they create various kinds of landscapes or buildings in front of a green screen.

It was really interesting and we enjoyed every second of it. For our last attraction we took  the bus ride through the film sets of Hollywood. It was so amazing, interesting and really funny to recognize popular film sets (houses,streets). I saw the ‚Misteria Lane‘ from the TV Series „Desperate Housewives“, I saw the doorway of the TV Series „How I Met Your Mother“ and the filmset of „World of War“.

 I was really impressed to learn that there are used so many tricks to create a filmset. If the actor is small they just build the doorways smaller to create the effect, that the actor looks taller. After we finished our trip to the Universal FIlm Studios we drove all the way up to the Hollywood sign to take some good photos.