Day 34 - Los Angeles

Another early start today although compared to yesterday it was a sleep in!!! Had some breaky and did some washing (so nice having a washing machine) and then off to Warner Brothers for our studio tour. It was AMAZING!!!

Our tour guide Jonathon was really funny and kept us entertained during the tour. We all hopped on a little shuttle bus and were driven around the studio looking at all the sets and studios where movies and TV shows are made. We saw the jungle set which has been used in Jurassic Park, Pretty Little Liars and even where Kermit sang 'Over the Rainbow'.

We saw the studio where they film The Big Bang Theory and Fuller House (both were being filmed today), the streets where they have filmed scenes from Batman, Seinfeld, Friends, Wonder Woman and so many more I can't remember! It is so amazing how they use the same streets and houses for so many different movies and shows. There was a street that had been used for a car chase in Dukes of Hazard, the Waltons and a scene from Jurassic Park!!

 
We saw some of the sets from Lala Land and Gilmore Girls, there was Luke's Diner, the gazebo, Miss Patty's dance studio and even Rory's reading tree!!
 
We went inside the studio where they film The Fosters and saw all the batmobiles and other vehicles from the Batman movies. We went to the museum which had an upstairs area for Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts. We saw Harry's robes and wand and even got to try on the sorting hat! Josh and Kaleb were both Griffindor, I was Hufflepuff, Ian was Ravenclaw and poor Caitlin was Slytherin lol!

They had also just set up an exhibit for Wonder Woman which had a lot of the costumes, props and pictures from the movie, I can't wait to see the movie now.

Then we went to the set of Friends - SO COOL! We got to sit on the actual couch in Central Perk and Ian even joined in the live taping, as Joey of course. His 'how you doin?' was the best lol!!
   
We also got to sit on a broomstick and pretend to be flying over London and see how the green screen works and make Dobby move and see a few other tricks of the trade from Harry Potter. It was a great tour!
We headed into Hollywood next and did the celebrity homes tour. We drove up Mulholland Drive and all around Beverly Hills and the surrounds to see how the other half lives! There is a ridiculous amount of money around. We didn't see any celebrities but did see where some of the stars live. Oprah Winfrey, Katy Perry, George Clooney, Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Isla Fisher & Sacha Baron-Cohen to name a few. Caitlin wasn't feeling well and Kaleb was just exhausted so they slept through most of it (lucky it was an extra on our LA Go card so I didn't mind too much).
Next was to Madame Tussaud's, another extra from our LA Go card. It was good but much smaller then the London one. The kids really enjoyed it, Kaleb couldn't believe they weren't real at first!
  
Did a bit of shopping on the way out (everything $5!! How could we not??) and then headed back for an eagerly awaited free night! Its amazing how the 9kms we walked today felt like nothing after the 19kms yesterday!! I cooked spaghetti for dinner and the kids caught up on their diaries. Ian took Grant to the airport. He was kind enough to take back a case for us filled with our shopping so far!!

Early night for the kids. Glass of wine for me while catching up on the blog. The silence is wonderful!