Indie Travel Podcast - Latest Comments in Coming to America

Re: Coming to America

Jessica — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:22:14 -0000

Of course I've lived in LA County for 8 years and have done all these things how many times? I never seem to take advantage of the things that are nearby.

Re: Coming to America

Jessica — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:19:39 -0000

I have to disagree with your assessment of Los Angeles! I don't live there much anymore and I'm glad I don't but if I were visiting the US I wouldn't dismiss it.

Here's what I recommend:

- Get cheap tickets to a concert at the Hollywood Bowl and take a bottle of wine and a picnic dinner.
- Go see the filming of a sit-com. Even if the show is crappy it's interesting to see. (Los Angeles also has lots of great little theatres, especially in the Culver City area).
- Take a surfing lesson in Venice Beach.
- Check out the La Brea Tar Pits and have lunch at the nearby farmer's market. (There's other museums nearby too.)
- Check out the Getty Museum in Westwood or the Getty Villa in Malibu.
- Take the ferry to Catalina Island for some hiking and see the bison.

Re: Coming to America

Patricia — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:34:34 -0000

The fact that most foreign visitors visit only the big three or four is really no different than the typical North American (lumping us Canadians in there) visitor to Europe. You have only a short vacation time (one or two weeks) so you don't have the luxury to visit outside the main cities. My first Eurail pass and backpack trip to Europe was no different. I hade 6 weeks and while I did get to a few rural areas in France I mainly visited the bigger cities (London, Paris, Amsterdam, etc).

I was lucky to live in Germany for two years on the border of France and Germany and really got to know the local villages and the people in those villages. Since then I tend to travel slower and try to stay longer in places when possible. I consider myself lucky that I have been able to get off the beaten path but unfortunately that is not the case with so many travelers.

Re: Coming to America

Nomadic Matt — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:52:56 -0000

great article sherry! Going to middle america is the way to see why bush is in power. It is in many ways a through back to 1920. nice people though.