Dec 9th 2010 - Dinner at Hard Rock Cafe Hollywood.

Dec 9th 2010 - Griffith Park and Universal Studios!!!

Our students with the beautiful scenery of LA in the back.

Samuel (Finland) with Beetle Juice.

Splash on Jurassic Park ride.

Getting ready!

protecting ourselves for the splash!

Mummy...

Bart and Lisa Simpson with our students.

Woody the woodpecker with our students.

on the red carpet.

Hollywood view in the back.

Our group in front of the Hollywood sign at Griffith Park.

Dec 8th 2010 - Hollywood and Huntington Beach...

Hello Everyone...

After our first night in the new hotel we were all excited for the new day in Los Angeles. We started the day with a nice bus ride through the Los Angeles traffic and finally reached Hollywood. Our first stop was the Walk of Fame to visit the famous Madame Tussauds. We took a lot pictures with VIP’s from Barrack Obama to Nicole Kidman. When we was done in Madame Tussauds we had a little bit time to visit the Walk of Fame and take pictures with actors all over the Hollywood Boulevard. At the same time Hans Zimmer got his star and we had the chance to see a real VIP in Hollywood.

From one moment to the other our time in Hollywood was done and we drove with the buses to the Huntington Beach where the famous TV show OC is placed. We had a couple hours’ time at the beach to play ballgames, go shopping or only watch the American life on the beach with a lot surfers and athletes. The most people were in the water too and had a fun time to play with the waves.

At 4:30 we drove back to the hotel to warm up in the pool or hot tub. After we all took a shower and was nice styled for the evening we went out for dinner. We had a nice dinner and a little bit time to go to the mall.

That was our first complete day in California!!

Nils Homann from Germany

Robin (Germany), ? and Yuma (Japan)

Students playing as lifeguards

Valentina (Venezuela) playing beach volley.

Walk of fame - Hollywood

Chinese Theater

Was Museum

Sahil (India) with Julia Roberts.

Dec 7th 2010 - Welcome to CALIFORNIA!!! Beverly Hills, Venice Beach and Santa Monica!

Students in Santa Monica!

Denmark and Germany represented in this picture!


Promenade Street with the Christmas Spirit in the back.






Nils - Germany - in Venice Beach








BEVERLY HILLS!!!

Hola!

This is Zuelen from Mexico, I would like to share my experience today and say: it was pretty awesome!!!

Today, Dec 12, we left Las Vegas (which my friends have talked about it and they said it was a LOT OF FUN – and it was). I really didn’t know if I wanted to stay there the whole trip, or come to Los Angeles, but here we go…

It was a long trip – five hours in the bus! But we got to play a fun game called “Scavenger Hunt”, which I thing it’s a very good idea just to spend time and have fun. We also watched two movies, and had a little lunch break.

Then we finally arrived in CALIFORNIA! We were listening to the song “California girls”. Yes, I had all the enthusiasm =)

The first thing we did was to go to “BEVERLY HILLS”, and what a beautiful place! Seriously… they were not kidding when they picture those gorgeous places in famous program or movies.

We were all hoping to see any famous people or, at least, famous singers… but we didn’t have the chance to find them. We saw the fancy cars, stores, people, clothes… everything was good there, even the weather was pretty nice – we got to be 77 F. Far that reason, it felt a lot like home… and it’s a good feeling sometimes.

Then we went on a city tour and went to the Venice Beach. Everyone was so excited. I think it was because we were on the beach. I really think it was pretty neat to listen to the sounds of the waves and the pretty colors of the beach!

Have a good night and tomorrow we will tell you more.

Zuelen - Mexico

Dec 6th 2010 - Grand Canyon and Hoover Dam... BEAUTIFUL DAY!

Grand Canyon

Monika and Melon at the Grand Canyon

Bjorn trying to learn some cowboy's duties...

Guess what?!? Today we went to the Grand Canyon, Arizona.

It was amazing! As there were a lot of mountains and also the different surroundings it made us amazed! It was awesome how we got to visit one of the world’s 7 wonders.

On the way from Vegas to the Grand Canyon we also stopped by at Hoover Dam! It was so pretty with 2 big bridges across it. Arizona is so unique in its own way. For lunch we went to this Western Restaurant where it was like a farm, seemed like a cowboy village.

After visiting the famous Grand Canyon, we returned to Las Vegas, Nevada, where we went to Excalibur Casino for dinner and we had a great buffet.

We had some free time after dinner, and my friend and I went to New York, New York Casino to take some pictures and got on a roller coaster!

It was soooo much fun! XD

Melon – Thailand

Group at the Hoover Dam

Dec 5th 2010 - Discovering Las Vegas!!!

This morning we woke up, super excited for this day after spending the night with new friends that we just met.

Starting the day with a big breakfast, we were ready to experience Vegas. The buses took us along he strip and finally dropped us off at the Bellagio. We had two hours of free time to discover the City.

At 1 o’clock we met to take a group picture in front of the Bellagio. Then we had two more hours to walk up and down the Las Vegas boulevard. Next stop, Hard Rock Hotel. The buses took us there. After some time there, we headed over to the Stratosphere, 108 floors up in the air we had an amazing view over the whole city. Some of us also had the chance to go on crazy rides.

After we have taken tons of pictures, we went down to have a wonderful, huge buffet for dinner. Satisfied, we could choose between going to the hotel or back to the Strip for one more hour.

Now completely tired, but happy, we just want to go to bed, so we get enough sleep for the rest of this awesome, beautiful, wonderful, unbelievable, super-exciting, incredible trip.

Robin Broecker - Germanu

Luise Behrens - Germany

Gabi Egli - Switzerland

Top of the Stratosphere!

Getting ready for the ride: Big Shot! At the Stratosphere.

Felix (Germany) in front of the Belaggio

Girls throwing the coins and making wishes...

Our YFU Chaperones, Gary, Sherry, Tricia and Bill

Reflexion of the Paris with the Eiffel Tower in the back...