Toby G's video: USA Vlog 5 - Disneyland and Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles

Our trip through the USA continued in Los Angeles where we went to see the happiest place on earth: Disneyland! The day after that we went down to Rodeo Drive and the Griffith Observatory! DAY 12 We got up early and took the car to drive out to Disneyland California. I was surprised as to how small the park felt overall, at least in comparison to Euro Disneyland. But then again maybe I was a lot younger when I went the last time. Me and Celina had a lot of fun just walking around and exploring the different areas of Disneyland. I went on a couple of rides and then we went over to the California Adventure Park that is adjacent to Disneyland. California Adventure Park is more aimed at slightly bigger kids, with its main focus being Pixar films. They had a huge roller coaster and Ferris wheel setup and lots of little rides and shops all along the way. Most impressive was a section of Route 66 from the Pixar movie Cars that they had rebuilt to scale. We walked around and explored the homes of most of the inhabitants of the movie there which was great fun! We had dinner at Red Lobster and we're both keen to go back there - they had great seafood in a family diner atmosphere. DAY 13 On the morning of Day 13 we went out to Rodeo Drive, a very high class area in Los Angeles with high end brands and a very well maintained look. Clean streets, lined with palm trees lined with shops. We spent a little bit of time shopping around and then drove out to the Griffith Observatory. The Griffith Observatory overlooks the Hollywood sign on one side and downtown Los Angeles on the other. It is a public observatory filled with great exhibits and information about stars, the tides, planets and everything else relating to our galaxy and the universe. It was quite busy but we managed to get a good place in the Planetarium for a very well presented show to teach us about the universe and how our understanding of it has changed over the centuries. In the evening we went to the Glendale Galleria, a high end shopping centre that reminded me a lot of Chadstone here in Melbourne. For dinner we tried out Olive Garden and ended up with way more good food than we could finish - but fortunately in the US they are more than happy to wrap you any leftovers (= second and third meal) up to take home and eat whenever. More vlogs from our trip to the USA will follow soon, in the meantime, you can follow me here: http://www.facebook.com/surfacedstudio http://www.twitter.com/surfacedstudio http://www.surfacedstudio.com http://www.instagram.com/surfacedstudio Copyright © 2014 SurfacedStudio