California or Bust!

Amy and I are here in Los Angeles and we arrived in one piece well two. We hit a few bumps on the way here but only enhanced out experience! The first one being at the border and being stopped by customs and almost not being able to enter the USA because we were illegal immigrants... well it wasn't that bad, we just might have had to get a VISA. But we pulled up our ratty jeans cuffs and batted our eyelashes and we were in!



The second bump, well not really a bump rather a moment where a horse shoe got stuck up my ass, where my bag which was only allowed to be 50 lbs. was 49.5 lbs. That's lucky! It might have been because I brought the scarecrow. Some of you know about the scarecrow and if you don't you'll get to know him well soon.

So we finally arrived in Cleveland where there was a lot of snow, so much that the ploughs would push the snow up the banks and then it would fall right back down. But after only a quick stopover we were southbound to LA. We watched The Guardian (don’t recommend) and The Queen (do recommend). When we got out of the terminal with all of our stuff we took a nice big breath of smoggy LA air, ahhhhhh!

We arrived at our hostel, Surf City hostel to be exact in the dark. It's located right on the Hermosa beach and has a few other foreigners staying. We have a roommate Fernanda, who is from Brazil and is in LA taking English lessons. We got the whirlwind tour and then hit the hay. Thinking alike, Amy and I both put in our earplugs and off to bed we went, except that there is a bar underneath us and beside us and behind us so the base proceeded to rumble us to sleep... eventually!

Today was a great first day. We picked up our car, a new white corolla and cruised around town. We checked out the school we'll be at, Chadwick School and holy crap! Google earth or the website did not do this school justice. It's beautiful! It's located on the Palos Verdes Peninsula on the top of a hill, actually the Rolling Estates, with the pacific coast to the west and the valley to the east. All the hallways are outside, even the pool, and the buildings look like little villas. Amy and I will be going back tomorrow morning to meet the Outdoor directors and figure out what we're going to be doing at the school. After an afternoon drive along the coast and a walk along the beach, we look forward to what is to come.

Entrance into Chadwick School




The plan for tomorrow is to go do the Beverly Hills tour and then head down to Santa Monica. We're probably going to then hang out with Brad and Angelina, maybe JT who knows, we might not have time.