AT#265 - Travel to Los Angeles, California - part 1

Travel with Amateur Traveler Podcast

Chris Christensen

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, History

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2011

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The Amateur Traveler talks to Eric Schwartzman (author, educator and podcaster) about his hometown of Los Angeles. Over a two part series of episodes Eric will give us sample itineraries for 4 days in the Los Angeles area. Be forewarned that no theme parks will be involved in Eric's tour but instead an insider's look at LA. So pack up your swim suit, a sport coat and nice shoes and get in your car to explore LA. Along the way Eric points out the cafes, coffee shops, restaurants, hotels and movie locations that he thinks you should know about.Day 1: Eric starts us at the beach at Santa Monica. We visit the Santa Monica Pier, the rides and the aquarium and then head to Venice with its pier, canals, and famous muscle beach.Day 2: We follow Eric to Beverly Hills and Westwood. We look over the valley from the Getty Center above the valley. We visit Century City which is now the home for high rises but one was where John Wayne shot westerns. We go shopping on world famous Rodeo Drive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I got my bags back on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good
0:08.0	in my passport photo.
0:10.5	Amateur Traveler episode 265.
0:14.0	Today the Amateur Traveler talks about beaches and canals and movie stars as we go to Los Angeles. Welcome to the
0:23.0	I'm going to sit in one more cafe.
0:26.0	I know that I should be heading home.
0:29.0	But maybe not, maybe not to the
0:30.0	day.
0:32.0	Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. Before we get
0:36.5	into this week's interview I do have three news stories for you. The first one
0:42.0	not everyone seems to be enjoying this move as airlines
0:45.4	go to being cashless, taking credit cards only. Kevin Theodore Simon, 45 of Venice, California
0:52.2	was arrested by the FBI and a charge of interfering with
0:54.8	a flight crew because he became so angry that he had to pay for his headphones with a credit
0:59.7	card that he threatened to take down the plane.
1:04.0	Don't do that.
1:06.0	And then in other advice of things not to do,
1:08.0	a woman was arrested trying to smuggle 44 iPhones into Israel by strapping the handsets all around her body.
1:17.0	Apparently as she was struggling to walk through the airport, she looked quite conspicuous.
1:22.0	And then in other things not to do, TripAdvisor... looked quite conspicuous.
1:22.7	And then on other things not to do, TripAdvisor put out their annual list of 10 hotels
1:27.6	not to stay at their 10 dirtiest hotels. TripAdvisor is my day job, but you have to check out some of the hotels just for the yuck factor.
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