Visiting Hollywood & Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California

What’s the first place anyone thinks of to visit when they go to Los Angeles? Probably the first place we headed to – ‘THE’ sign. I had Googled the best spot to view the Hollywood sign from, and the answer it gave was Griffiths Park. We went to that park, but could not see the sign from where we had parked, illegally as it turned out. In the UK a no parking spot is indicated by double yellow lines next to the kerb, in the USA they simply paint the kerb red. Carol had discovered this in a quick chat with a local in the park. “Don’t worry” he said, it’s only a $100 fine.

We got directions to where we needed to head, so we quickly headed off towards the Griffiths Observatory, before any fine could be issued. We had some distance to go, and by the time we found a parking space (at $10 an hour) we still hadn’t seen the sign. We walked up a hill towards the observatory (which is currently closed due to covid), still unsure if we were going the right way, eventually we stopped and asked someone. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).