Eventful first day in L.A.

The first day in L.A. has been brilliant for the two Norwegian travellers, even though we're jetlaged and tired.

VENICE: The homeless and the hippies waking up after another night at the beautiful Venice Beach.

After being on and off planes for 24 hours yesterday we arrived at LAX one hour before midnight local time (08.00 in Norwegian time).

At the Radisson Airport hotel we hoped for a good night sleep before moving on to Venice Beach. Travelling nine hours backwards in time, didn't do any good in that sence. We were both dead tired after a quick round in the hotel bar, but after a couple of hours on the pillow I woke up. After all my mind was still set on Norwegian time.

My travel companion André managed to sleep more than me on the flights and seem to have adjusted easier to the new time zone.

Fun in Hollywood

We went down to our hotel at Venice Beach, Hotel Erwin, early this morning and had to leave our stuff in the luggage room for later chech in.

We decided to go for breakfast at a café on the boardwalk and sat outside enjoying the beautiful sunshine. There was already a lot of activity in the area with surfers riding the waves and skateboarders enjoying the famous skate park at the beach.

BREAKFAST: Enjoying the view at Venice Beach.

THE AMERICAN WAY: BLT with extra avocado and Venice Style potatoes.

André ran straight out on the beach to get a closer look at the lifeguard towers. He promises he will dress up in his Baywatch gear during the week.

After breakfast we walked all the way up to Santa Monica beach were we ran into the set of the TV series "New Girl" in action.

NEW GIRL: On the beach set of the TV series.

By then the morning fog had started to clear and the sun made great opportunities for taking some photos.

GREEN DOCTORS: There is a lot of "doctors" and "pharmacies" at the beach, but they are only for Californians.

FLEXING: André at Muscle Beach, Santa Monica.

We were invited to be in the audience of the Jimmy Kimmel Live TV show and had to be in the queue at 3 pm in the afternoon. We wanted to be early at the location in Hollywood and started walking up Santa Monica Boulevard at noon. After 20 blocks and sore feet we ordered a taxi and the friendly driver took us for an informative tour through Beverly Hills and Sunset Strip before dropping us of at The Hollywood Walk of Fame.

This city is huge!

At the Walk of Fame people were crazy running round trying to find their favourite stars. We quickly found the theater were Jimmy Kimmel Live is filmed, talked to his chief of security and decided to come back after a quick meal at the new Hard Rock Café in Hollywood.

This particular store sold and advertised a new signature series of Kiss T-shirts and pin. That was enough to attract me to the place, having been a fan since I was five years old.

SIGNATURE SERIES: At the Hard Rock Cafè superstore I had to do some shopping.

The pulled pork sandwich and local IPA i ordered was perfect before a long night in the TV studios.

At 3.15 pm we queued up outside 6840 Hollywood Boulevard. We knew that Kim Kardashian was going to be a guest on the show, but we were really surprised when one of the friendly security guys told us Jason Derulo and his crew was going to perform live in Jimmy Kimmels backyard after the show.

THE MAN: Comedian and talk show host Jimmy Kimmel.

After a couple of hours in the queue we were finally security scanned and we could begin preperation for the show. We were not allowed to film or take photos inside the studio, so I'm sorry about the lack of photos, but I can try to describe a little. About 70 percent of the audience of around 200 were foreigners or people from out of state on holiday.

Under pre-presentation André was asked were he was from by the comedian warming up the audience. He was told he looked like an army guy, but André was quick to point out for the rest of the audience that he had never been to the army. Tell us something about Norway, the comedian asked André, but he stalled after saying that Norwegians were famous for skiing and I tried to help him rasing my voice telling the crowd that our country also is famous for its beautiful fjords.

- Are you also from Norway? You look like a crystal meth dealer, he said and we all laughed our a** off on my behalf.

The Jimmy Kimmel Live show is a comedy talk show. Last night Kimmel focused on the fact that Justin Bieber had been arrested in Miami.

Kim Kardashian was beautiful in real life too. She talked about her life with Kanye West and their baby and the fact that they are going to get married in Paris sometime during this summer.

After the show we went outside in the backyard and Jimmy rounded off the show with presenting Jason Derulo from the stage.

TALK DIRTY: Jason Derulo and his band and dancers performed five songs in front of the Jimmy Kimmel audience.

ANDRÉ: Enjoying the mini concert.

By that time we were allowed to bring our phones and I managed to shoot a video to show my readers.

Innlegg av Magnus Berning.

We were really exited to be there. Next Thursday we're back in Hollywood watch the Jay Leno Show live.

After chatting with three girls from Huntington Beach and having a couple of drinks at the bar at Hard Rock Café, we ordered a taxi and went back to the hotel.

BLOG FAN: This girl we met at Hard Rock Café wanted me to take a picture with her, so I did.

I actually fell asleep writing this blog post (ha, ha), all worned out after a long and adventurous day.

But, I'm up early to finish the blog.

Today we're going to Universal Studios and I will be back with a new blog post later.
 

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