Griffith Observatory: what's nearby, how to get there and when to go · 2026

LLLiubov Lopakovalyubalopakova · Dec 11, 2019Read

West or East? California, Nevada or Massachusetts, New York, Washington? I decided to compare two opposite parts of the USA. The atmosphere in California is incredible. People are a bit laid-back, but at the same time, it seemed to me that they spend their days productively. The weather is hot during the day, but it gets cool by the evening. A huge ocean, but literally three hours away there is a hot desert. This year, at the end of our trip, we had a great vacation. We rented a car for 10 days and visited almost all the interesting sights of LA, San Francisco, and Las Vegas. In Los Angeles, we walked along the Walk of Fame, climbed a huge mountain to the famous "Hollywood" sign, and every evening we visited the Russian hookah lounge "Hookah place" @hookahplace_la - by the way, the guys working there are very cool. They have locations in St. Petersburg too. We went to the Museum of Death - the museum is very creative, but it turned out that everything here is too explicit. It demonstrates in photographs all real cases of death, from suicide to car accidents, what they do with corpses, and so on. But the "Madame Tussauds Museum" is, on the contrary, very positive. The figures of Hollywood stars are made quite realistically. Around them are spotlights, bright colored lights, and music - it feels like you are really at a party with celebrities. By the way, it takes 33 days to make one such figure! We also went up to the Griffith Observatory. It offers a stunning view, especially at night. We rode extreme roller coasters at Six Flags. On the opposite coast of the USA, which we visited last year, everything is a bit different. Even the language is slightly different - for example, in California they always say "piece of pizza", and in the East "slice of pizza". New York is a giant metropolis. It is the king of marketing and advertising. These are huge skyscrapers and crowds of rushing people. There are also insanely many interesting places here and, of course, it is a must-visit. But you probably won't be able to drive a car, as you can spend half the trip in traffic jams. Boston is a little smaller than New York, but we loved it so much!! It is a true student city with impressive universities. In general, guys, you must visit America.

ASAnastasiia Spiridonovawinchester.nastya · Dec 6, 2017Read

Los Angeles is completely different. It is quiet and peaceful. And so diverse! There are skyscrapers, private houses with mandarin trees in the garden, and a large number of beaches touching the turbulent, yet very clean, Pacific Ocean. You just need to visit Beverly Hills and Santa Monica and you will immediately understand everything. We managed to visit the Warner Bros. studio, drive around the entire territory of that very studio where incredible movies are created! We saw entire streets of sets that look just like real ones. We stopped by the studio store and, finally, we tried the world-famous candies with different flavors from the "Harry Potter" movie. For special fans of this film, the store has a whole range of merchandise, from keychains, wands, and candies to replicas of cloaks for Hogwarts students. Also, at the Warner Bros. studio, you can find the filming sets of famous TV series. We, for example, did not pass by the filming location of the series F.R.I.E.N.D.S. Watching the sunset at the Griffith Observatory, looking at the famous "Hollywood" sign from a close distance, swimming in the ocean and walking along the Santa Monica pier, riding a bike and skateboard along the path at Venice Beach, admiring the sunset there and meeting the dawns in the City of Angels - all this was on our to-do list, which we completed, and now, remembering it, I feel very warm.