The plan today was to fly from Miami to LA. That was if Miami hadn't sunk over night, or if we managed to get the car back to the rental place, or even if we woke up on time. You know us - anything can happen! Thankfully, we did wake up on time and we did manage to get to the airport in plenty of time - so we flew to LA!
Our flight was ok. It was only 5 hours and I slept for some of that. Nikki had found an English copy of OK! magazine at the airport and was quite happy to sit reading that - finding out about Peter and Jordan's meningitis ordeal.
We arrived at LAX Airport and started talking about how many stars we thought we'd see. Whilst waiting for our bags I left Nikki to go and check another carousel and I spotted Amy Winehouse walking by, looking for her luggage. It was just me and her - we shared a moment!
When our bags finally came round, we had a quick look round for Amy again - because Nikki had not seen her but couldn't find her so went to try and find the best way of getting to Hollywood. After being told we could catch the Metro we headed over to that.
The Metro station we got off at was right on Hollywood Boulevard - next to the Kodak Theatre. We walked up to our hostel, which is called Orange Drive Manor, and checked in. This place is unique! It's this HUGE old house and at first had a really creepy feel to it (and a weird smell - like a museum or stately home). Nikki was a little scared, but when we got shown to our room, she was ok - its nice and clean (and bright!)
We're only 1 block from Hollywood Boulevard and so we took a walk down there where we spotted a poster saying that, for the next 3 nights, the American Idol Judges and finalists were going to be making appearances - of course, we had to go. There was to be no more exploring Hollywood tonight, with celebrities about, Nikki made us hang around taking pictures!
Over the course of the next 4 hours, we did get to see the Idol finalists who finished from 3rd to 10th (didn't know who any of them were though) and we saw Cat Deeley and Paula Abdul - man she is short! She had a member of staff who followed her with a box for her to stand on for interviews!
We also met this cool guy called Jules Sanchez, who has been on TV loads. He's done American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance, game-shows etc... but is still waiting for his big break. Nikki was well impressed when he serenaded her with (quite loudly for a public place) 'You Are So Beautiful, To Me'
All in all, a pretty good day. Hello West Coast!
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