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Los Angeles for Beginners

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06 Mar 2017 • 3 min read

Sunshine, blue skies, palm trees. Yeah, we're in California alright.

Oh LA, you're such a tease. Beautiful, sunny days and cool, starry evenings to lure you in. But then you sit in traffic for an hour to get some lunch and the allure is gone (thank god).

But yes, it was lovely. We saw four different museums (La Brea Tar Pits, The Getty Museum and Villa and the California Science Center), ate lots of Mexican food and had a wonderful time with friends. A perfect stop really.

Every museum visit should start with a train ride. Way to get 'em hooked Getty!

The Getty museum was incredible. And we didn't even see a lot of the exhibitions. Just the outside was enough almost.

I couldn't get enough of this place. The weather probably helped too.

These two have known each other since kindergarten. And they're still friends! *YAY*

Most of our time here was spent guiding BabyPaw away from the water. He thought it looked delicious and ready for bathing. (He wasn't totally wrong...)

Okay, we get it LA. You are perfect today.

In a fake mediterranean villa. Still lovely to walk around in.

The tar pits really smell like tar. And the life-sized figures of the mammoths drowning are haunting. Very well done though.

The space shuttle is ginormous. And the flag isn't the wrong way around, it's supposed to look like it's in motion...

Had to get some real shoes since we're headed into the mountains. The kids made some great choices.

Sunset in Santa Monica. So beautiful and yet so cold.

Thanks for letting us crash and shuttling us around, Shanna. You rock! :)