Walt Disney Studios

Jim, the son of Diane's cousin Chuck works at the Disney Studios in Los Angeles, as an animatronics designer. he is taking us on a private tour through the Disney Studios.

Meet Salem, the cat from the TV series Sabrina the Teenage Witch, which was designed and operated by Jim on the show. So today, we'll see how it is all done. Can't wait.

More tomorrow....

Don't mess with the LAPD

I had a run in with the Police in Pasedina.

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Visiting San Diego

Today, we're traveling down to San Diego to visit my cousin Gigi and her husband Fredy who have lived there for many years. We last saw Gigi and Fredy in 1970 when they visited us in Los Angeles while we were passing through from New Guinea on the way to London.

San Diego by night

Back to L.A. tomorrow..

Pasadena Rose Bowl Flea Market

Today, Sonya and Bernie are taking us to the famous Pasadena Rose Bowl Flea Market. This monthly flea market features more than 2,500 vendors and attracts 15,000 to 20,000 buyers every month. Well, two more this month.

A visit to the Getty Centre

Another very exciting day here in Los Angeles. Today we had a cultural day, visiting the Getty Centre on a hill overlooking the city. It was quite an experience, especially fighting our way through LA traffic. I always thought Brisbane traffic was bad but boy, oh boy, there are a lot of cars here in this city.

 The Getty Centre in Los Angeles

Irises by Vincent van Gogh

Wheat stacks, Snow Effect, Morning by Claude Monet

Portrait of Anthony Valabrescue by Paul Cesanne

The Getty Centre is just full of original paintings too numerous to mention and entrance is free. We also saw the special Cuba exhibition of photos. It was very interesting.

A day at the Discovery Science Centre in Orange County

You can never teach them too young, so with this in mind, we took a trip with young master Fox to Orange County and spent a few hours in this fabulous centre. Fox had a lot of fun pressing all the buttons.

At the Discovery and Science Centre

Tomorrow we're going to the Getty Centre to take in some cultural delights, more of that in tomorrow'spost.

Los Angeles - Here We Are

We have arrived in Los Angeles and are staying with our daughter Sonya, her husband Bernie and grandson Fox at their home in Hollywood. We'll be here a few days before we'll visit my cousin and her husband in San Diego next Monday.

LAX the famous air port structure we first saw in 1970

Let our sight-seeing begin....