I started a new job at the beginning of March, my first day coincided with their world wide sales kick off meeting in their HQ in Pasadena.
I decided to fly over on the Saturday morning to try and let the jet lag settle in a bit, I didn’t fancy walking straight into a sales conference at a new company the day I landed!
I arrived mid afternoon on the Saturday afternoon and by the time I’d got from the airport to the hotel I only had a few hours of light left. So I took a quick walk around to top up on some new jeans and the odd T-shirt before heading to dinner and then bed.
As my body clock was 8 hours behind I woke up early, so headed off to breakfast and then out for a good walk around Downtown and hopefully get some nice photos.
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The weather the last few weeks and been very unseasonal, very cold, they even had snow on the Hollywood sign and the surrounding hills. Something not experienced for a generation or my. Typical, just as I arrived!
The morning started off very overcast and then started to rain, the medium type that just seems to hang aground. Oh well, I’m British so a bit of rain wouldn’t put me off.
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So I just headed off with no particular plan. I decided that black and white was order of the day to match my mood and the weather.
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I forgot how tricky it can be to walk around the US, most cities are on a grid so you are constantly waiting for the pedestrian light to change to cross. As as Los Angeles is such a car culture this can take an age.
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You are not supposed to jay walk, but it was a Sunday and I thought if I got stripped I’d play the “I’m British” card and plead ignorance.
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I had a wander around the very geometric Frank Gehry Walt Disney concert hall and then headed back downtown via Grand Park.
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At this point the rain stopped and the sun came out, weather like I was expecting it to be!
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So I headed into the central market for a coffee, rest and a chance to dry out.
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I’d had a massive breakfast at the hotel so wasn’t feeling hungry, otherwise I’d have tried out one of the food stalls as they looked and smelt amazing.
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At this point I needed a bit of a rest as I’d been up since 6 and walking around a good part of the day. So I popped back to my room for a coffee.
But soon decided to venture back out to visit a beach.
More to come…
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