laughter is timeless

Walt Disney Concert Hall in L.A.

Few weeks ago I had a discussion with my cousin about the word "yummious", which he claimed doesn't exist! I can only tell you that it is one of the most common words in my vocabulary and all the time I said so, he started laughing.  What I am saying to defense myself is, that he surely has no imagination. (can't really blame him, he does science)  So I'm leaving you today with this short story, which wants to comemorate Walt Disney: "Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age and dreams are forever." Think about it next time, when someone tells you that something doesn't exist! Pred par tyzdnami som sa dostala do polemiky so svojim bratrancom, a sice slo o slovo "famozny", o ktorom on tvrdil ze neexistuje. Nakolko ocividne nepochadza zo slova "famous", alebo minimalne ja ho tak nepouzivam. Mozem len povedat, ze je to jedno z najfrekventovanejsich slov v mojej slovnej zasobe, a tak zakazdym ked som ho pouzila, spustil sa smiech (samozrejme z jeho strany).

money, fortune, fame

How many songs are there about Hollywood? And how many people wanna go there? And how many times have you heard, that Hollywood is the must from LA and that stars live there and that there's sparkle and glitter everywhere? So listen up now! None of this is true! Actually I was more than disappointed by the whole visit. Just too many people (as always), too much chaos and just too much of everything. One says that you simply have to get into the mood of it all. But sincerely I doubt it. When we left (like 30 minutes after we took a picture with Hollywood sign in the background - together with another 5 people), I've realized that I haven't taken any picture of a star on the boulevard! Uuuups! But no regrets about that - unless I am the Oscar nominee or am otherwise invited to the Kodak Theater I guess you won't be seeing me there much - haha. But each to his own - right? Do you like this kind of things?  Kolkokrat ste poculi z radia piesne o Hollywoode? A kolko vela ludi sa tam chce dostat? A kolkokrat ste poculi, ze Hollywood je jednoducho to naj naj naj z LA, ze na 100% sa tam musite aspon raz za zivot pozriet? A ze je plny jagotu a trblietok zo strieborneho platna?

In a giant fairytale

General Sherman - the biggest sequoia

Say hello to the oldest living creatures in the world! One of our last trips in the US was The Sequoia National Park, where we took a walk among those giants. Honestly, when I was there they didn't seem THAT big, but now going through the photos and seeing how small everyone looks in comparison to them, I realized that these trees are living giants!

On a way from San Diego

On our way from San Diego, where we went to the biggest zoo, we stopped in San Clemente - Orange County, which is a heaven for surfers. If you watched The O.C. properly you could have seen Sandy going to surf every now and then. And honestly can't blame him, the water was just amazingly blue!

How free you are?

When being in the USA and driving on the highway just to get from one part of city to the other, I started thinking about freedom and if people in this country are really that free.

They say that it’s a country of unlimited choices and opportunities and that everyone is free. But then again are you that free when you can’t actually move without a car here? That you can’t even go shopping groceries without driving at least 10 minutes – if you’re lucky, of course!

On the other hand, what a good thing it is to have a metro in the city?

I was thinking about Berlin, how everyone goes green and uses bikes and walks everywhere and then I found myself in the middle of a highway going home from Hollywood, which took us one hour or more and we are still in L.A., actually.

Hello illusion

Desperate housewives street.

War of Worlds setting.

What's new Scooby Doo? 

With Apollo 13 crew.

Hello from Universal Studious, where illusion was born! I always thought that Copperfield was THE magician, but now I know that the magicians are guys from Universal Studios. Bravo for you!
The day was full of attractions, exploring and of course waiting in a line... But it was all worth it!
The best part for me was a 3D roller coaster, because I simply knew that I am safely on the ground and that there is just a movie screening in front of me. Really nice one! The Simpson ride is fully recommended by be - you won't be bored!

View from the top

As I am almost falling asleep after a very exhausting day full of shopping and sunshine in California, I am sending you just the view over the city of angels, city where all dreams come true.
We snapped those pics in Getty Center, which was just overwhelming, probably as big as Louvre in Paris - or maybe not, but definitely big enough not to see the whole museum.
Getting inspired? x

Nakolko uz skoro zaspavam nad klavesnicou po dlhom a narocnom dni plnom nakupovania a kalifornskeho slniecka, tak Vam tu teraz posielam len pohlad nad mestom anjelov, kde sa plnia sny.
Tieto foty su nafotene z Gettyho Centra, ktore je jednoducho ohromne, mozno tak velke ako Louvre v Parizi, alebo mozno nie, v kazdom pripade dost velke na to, aby sme si ho cele nestihli pozriet v jeden den.
Chytate nejaku inspiraciu? x

On the beach

I accidentally fell into the ocean and got soaked - completely! 

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Venice Beach! The place where being crazy and silly means to behave just absolutely normal. The place where coolitude and crazyness meet hand in hand. Oh yeah baby, that's Venice.
You may know this city part as the headquarter of beat generation. Or for more pop culture addicts - the place where C.J. Parker and Mitch Buchannon were running to the ocean to rescue all those people who were drowning and screaming! Oh the sweet times. Actually when I was googling how to write Buchannon and I've discovered that they were shooting Baywatch till 2001 - wow!!! The whole 12 years on TV - I didn't have a clue that it was that long. Basically I stopped watching it when I got to the primary school, haha.
Anyway, the place has the atmosphere with the skateboarders, lifeguards and everything you can imagine - we are in California, right? So don't hesitate to put on your bikinis and come to Venice - everyone is welcomed! x

Damy a pani, vitam Vas vo Venice Beach! Miesto kde sialenstvo a vystrelky su na dennom poriadku a nikto tu nevyzera normalne. Toto miesto ma svoje caro, ako by som to nazvala "coolitude". Oh yeah baby, toto je Venice.
Mozno ho spoznavate ako hlavne sidlo beatnikov. Alebo pre tych trochu viac poznacenych touto pop generaciou, tak urcite spoznate plaze po ktorych behala C.J. Parker a Mitch Buchannon a zachranovali topiacich sa z vody. Oh ano, natacal sa tu aj Baywatch. Pri tom ako som si googlila ako sa vlastne pise Buchannon, tak som objavila, ze Baywatch bol v telke celych 12 rokov, az do roku 2001 - wow! Odkedy som nastupila na zakladnu skolu, vobec som ho neregistrovala - haha.
V kazdom pripade, ma to tu vsetko svoju atmosferu - vsetci ti skateboardisti, zachranari, plavcici a vsetci cudni a divni ludia - ale toto je California predsa, ze? Takze bez obav, nahodte na seba plavky a nechajte sa pohltit davom! Kazdy je vitany! x

Very whale

Santa Barbara

Excuse moi - but are we in USA?

O sóle miááá - Sedona

THE canyon