Continuing down the Big Sur Coast, we stopped in for morning tea at Santa Barbara. Another small town, similar to Carmel, we strolled down the main street but as it was before 10am, most of the shops were closed. Cam and I settled for a hot chocolate (Pete's hot chocolate - yum!) and we were back on the bus again.
We drove through Santa Monica but were unable to stop - we managed to snap some quick pics however and discovered that Bay Watch had been filmed there - exciting for some ;-)
Lunch time saw us arrive in West Hollywood and the group were dropped off at a food market and shopping centre. It was quite hot and Cam and I decided to have a wander through the stores, opting for an m&m and doritos lunch as opposed to a sit down one. :-)
After lunch, the exciting sight seeing began - we were off to Hollywood! We drove down Rodeo drive, through Beverly Hills and even past Marilyn Monroe's old home. Then we hit Hollywood Boullevard, which was an exciting highlight for me; the past two days hadn't been overly noteworthy. Hollywood Boullevard is lined by footpaths covered in Hollywood Stars which seemed to stretch for miles! We visited Mann's Chinese Theatre (my hand's fit Matt Damon's!.... and Jack Lemon's?!) and saw the Kodak Theatre, where the Oscar's are held. The Boullevard was a very touristy destination, so it was the quick and the dead trying to get some good snaps, but Cam and I did well.
Overall, Hollywood didn't have a magical feel about it - a little over-commercialised perhaps - but it was still great to see it and tick it off the list.
That evening, our tour ended and we spent one last night at the Hacienda before leaving the West Coast for Chicago the next day.
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