LA has everything. This is my first time to the west coast and it exceeded my expectations. First of all I didn't know how many Israelis live in the metropolitan, and was shocked to hear that there are more than 100 thousand. We are staying with an Israeli who has been living here for years and know a lot about the large community here. It is very interesting to learn about this whole situation, but in the other hand hard to comprehend how many people want and are eager to leave Israel for the life here in the States.
We left for town before noon right after rush hour, and enjoyed the beautiful ride on Topanga road south towards the beach. On the way down I noticed my speedometer wasn't working and my auto cancel for my signal lights stopped working too, odd. It wasn't an issue that delayed us but I will have to fix it very soon. Luckily traffic was very light and we got all the way to our first destination, Venice beach. The beach is known for it's unique aspects, like shops and interesting people which we noticed right away. We parked our bikes and spent an hour or so just absorbing the whole scene. It was nice that even on a Monday afternoon the place was hopping, and we got to experience it the correct way. There were people on roller blades, segways, bicycles and more, the whole boardwalk was full of a large crowd. Music everywhere and men and women in all colors and races. We weren't the only tourists there and when we sat down to eat we noticed the price for food was according the the crowd, expensive. The weather was perfect and I had a great time on the shore. It is odd to think about the fact that on the other side of the Pacific Russia and China reside.
Our next stop was Beverly Hills. I have heard a lot about the area and as we got closer all what i've heard was right. It is an extremely wealthy city and people are not ashamed to show it. We parked on Rodeo drive and walked around the expensive and posh stores. They had every designer out there, from Louis Vuitton to Gucci and Ralph Lauren. There even was this one designer, Bijan, that you need to have an appointment just to enter the store. I walked around and took some pictures. We got back on our bikes and headed back to beat the traffic. On our way back we stopped for an early dinner at the Aroma cafe. I felt like I was back at home, we ordered Hummus and pita and I drank an ice coffee like we have back at home.
I feel there is a lot more to do in LA but we sure did a lot in less than 12 hours. If I ever return to the west I would be interested in seeing Hollywood and the whole scene there and tour downtown too. Tomorrow we will head north on the PCH, highway 1, which is known to be a perfect ride for bikers.
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