Venice
Anyone who doesn’t like Los Angeles hasn’t been to Venice Beach.
This place is paradise, I’m lost for words. The beach is endless (I’ll get my photos up soon), the only chain store nearby is a Subway, which I consider to be the least offensive of fast food, the place is all surf and skate shops, and everyone here smiles and talks to each other. Even the hobos ask me how the water is instead of asking for money. Apparently skating was invented here, and I believe the recent Romeo and Juliet adaption was set here. That pretty much sums the place up quite well. I’m going to go to Santa Monica tomorrow because my favourite band, Everclear, wrote a song about it. Hooray.
Today I went to see some live WWE wrestling on the beach, which is part of the run-up to Summer Slam. I know there’s some of you who’ll be excited to hear that - in fact, you probably care a lot more than me. Also, I met the guy who designs the packaging for the WWE toys last night - how cool is that? My hostel is really awesome and I have free net access in my room so I’ve got plenty of time to do things like label my photos and write email while I’m avoiding the mid-day sun. If you want to know about a particular photo, or you want to hear from me, now is the time to let me know!