{"id":623,"date":"2020-12-09T22:10:14","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T22:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=623"},"modified":"2020-12-14T18:16:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T18:16:50","slug":"i-love-la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=623","title":{"rendered":"I Love LA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For our musical inspiration we head back to 1983. &#8220;From the West Side to the East Side \/ Everybody\u2019s very happy \/ \u2019Cause  the sun is shining all the time \/ Looks like another perfect day \/ <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/39YioVt\" target=\"_blank\">I  love L.A<\/a>. (we love it)&#8221;, so sang <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/371ZJqf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/371ZJqf\" target=\"_blank\">Randy Newman<\/a>.  Randy says that the sun is shining all the time, it has 284 sunny days a years compared to the US average of 205. It only rains on about 36 days of the year so you are pretty well assured of good holiday weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Randy Newman - I Love L.A. (Official Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KcADqxnQA_4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>I Love L.A. &#8211; Randy Newman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It might seem strange to suggest that you visit LA because of the beaches, but it actually has some of the best beaches in the US. The names of them are easily recalled by most of us due to their locations being used in numerous US films and TV series. Venice Beach is one of LA\u2019s most known beaches, with its numerous galleries, quirky shops, street performers,  what is less well known are the Venice canals. Whilst in the area dont&#8217;t miss out on Muscle Beach.  The perfect place for people watching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/guitar-634380_1920-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/guitar-634380_1920-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/guitar-634380_1920-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/guitar-634380_1920-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/guitar-634380_1920-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/guitar-634380_1920-1568x1041.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/guitar-634380_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Guitar Player &#8211; Venice Beach LA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Many people prefer Santa Monica Beach to Venice, I will leave that up to you to decide. Santa Monica attracts more than 7 million visitors a year who come primarily for the beach connection. It is also close to other Los Angeles attractions. Santa Monica is very attractive as a walkable and bike friendly destination.  Don&#8217;t miss a trip to the world famous Santa Monica Pier, yes they have them in the States as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/california-4601314_1920-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Santa Monica Beach, LA, CA\" class=\"wp-image-626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/california-4601314_1920-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/california-4601314_1920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/california-4601314_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/california-4601314_1920-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/california-4601314_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Santa Monica Beach, LA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For the kids and young wizards at heart.  Los Angeles is home to the brand new Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Hollywood. Complete with its own Hogwarts Castle and  Harry Potter themed rides.  Of course you can not really visit Los Angeles without doing something celebrity \/ entertainment based.  You can make your own tour if you plan ahead or book yourself onto many of the themed tours. Fully recommended are the tours of Universal Studios, Warner Brothers, Paramount Pictures or Sony Pictures.  Finally we can not do justice to all LA has to offer so we will be back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Call <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelcounsellors.co.uk\/maggie.bush\" target=\"_blank\">Maggie<\/a> today and book your trip to the City of Angels.  Maggie can book all your tickets for the major theme parks and much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pay with the card that gives you complimentary access to over 1,200 airport lounges across more than 130 countries worldwide as standard plus reward points \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/amex.co.uk\/refer\/mALCOJphOv?XLINK=MYCP\">The American Express Platinum Card<\/a>*.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:11px\"> &gt;Any links with an * by them are affiliated, which means get a product via this link and a contribution may be made to us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For our musical inspiration we head back to 1983. &#8220;From the West Side to the East Side \/ Everybody\u2019s very happy \/ \u2019Cause the sun is shining all the time \/ Looks like another perfect day \/ I love L.A. (we love it)&#8221;, so sang Randy Newman. Randy says that the sun is shining all &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=623\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I Love LA&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[449,91,311,450,65,244,78,451],"tags":[96,452,454,103,455,32,97,453],"class_list":["post-623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-california","category-city","category-driving","category-los-angeles-california","category-sun","category-surfing","category-usa","category-venice-beach","tag-beach","tag-california","tag-i-love-la","tag-los-angeles","tag-randy-newman","tag-sun","tag-usa","tag-venice-beach","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=623"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":658,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623\/revisions\/658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}