Craft beer is as big in California as it is in the UK, particularly pale ales/IPAs. Saying it's just Coors and Miller is like saying GB is just Fosters and Carling. Supermarkets and bottle shops have a good range if you're on a budget, though their beers are a bit strong for me.
Regarding LA, I'd say Santa Monica as well. It's vaguely central to the airport and tourist places. I don't think Downtown is worth your limited time.
Reg downtown, we might indeed give it a miss.
Probably one full day checking out Beverly Hills, Rodeo Drive and Griffiths Observatory. The kids wants to go to Raging Waters (waterpark), not Disney, Universal of Six Flags. I can imagine a visit there will take most of the day out of the calendar as it’s about an hour from Santa Monica. On the day is arrival, we’ll probably just hang out by the pool/beach. Same for for the day we leave. We can leave our luggage at the hotel after checkout and not flying out before 10pm, so heading to airport around 6pm. Will probably just spend the day by the beach. And the kids keep going on about these fastfood joints called Raising Cane, Wingstop and Crumbl.
If your kids are on a fast food mission then chick-fil-a , then in-n-out were quite good and rated highly by my teens a year back
Nope, our flight back to NZ is via LA. On our way up, we have two days in Tokyo, so it’s sushi and sake on the way out and burgers and shit beers on the way home.
She Next time do 5 days in Tokyo and 0 in LA/California/USA.
Or go via Dubai on emirates, which we are doing in January.
As long as it's only a short transfer!
We looked at a couple of nights in a luxury tent in the desert, but decided to do the flight in one go instead.
Ours is 41/4 hours, we thought we take the opportunity to have a meal and a wander to stretch the very old legs. Shortest was around 11/2 hours layover.
Craft beer is as big in California as it is in the UK, particularly pale ales/IPAs. Saying it's just Coors and Miller is like saying GB is just Fosters and Carling. Supermarkets and bottle shops have a good range if you're on a budget, though their beers are a bit strong for me.
Regarding LA, I'd say Santa Monica as well. It's vaguely central to the airport and tourist places. I don't think Downtown is worth your limited time.
Reg downtown, we might indeed give it a miss.
Probably one full day checking out Beverly Hills, Rodeo Drive and Griffiths Observatory. The kids wants to go to Raging Waters (waterpark), not Disney, Universal of Six Flags. I can imagine a visit there will take most of the day out of the calendar as it’s about an hour from Santa Monica. On the day is arrival, we’ll probably just hang out by the pool/beach. Same for for the day we leave. We can leave our luggage at the hotel after checkout and not flying out before 10pm, so heading to airport around 6pm. Will probably just spend the day by the beach. And the kids keep going on about these fastfood joints called Raising Cane, Wingstop and Crumbl.
couple of craft beer places literally round the corner from the hotel....and if you do walk down the beach to Venice (20 mins or so), then you're going to go past the Venice Ale House, where you'll probably need a refresher before the journey back again...(fine with kids under the awning out front...)
Craft beer is as big in California as it is in the UK, particularly pale ales/IPAs. Saying it's just Coors and Miller is like saying GB is just Fosters and Carling. Supermarkets and bottle shops have a good range if you're on a budget, though their beers are a bit strong for me.
Regarding LA, I'd say Santa Monica as well. It's vaguely central to the airport and tourist places. I don't think Downtown is worth your limited time.
Reg downtown, we might indeed give it a miss.
Probably one full day checking out Beverly Hills, Rodeo Drive and Griffiths Observatory. The kids wants to go to Raging Waters (waterpark), not Disney, Universal of Six Flags. I can imagine a visit there will take most of the day out of the calendar as it’s about an hour from Santa Monica. On the day is arrival, we’ll probably just hang out by the pool/beach. Same for for the day we leave. We can leave our luggage at the hotel after checkout and not flying out before 10pm, so heading to airport around 6pm. Will probably just spend the day by the beach. And the kids keep going on about these fastfood joints called Raising Cane, Wingstop and Crumbl.
If your kids are on a fast food mission then chick-fil-a , then in-n-out were quite good and rated highly by my teens a year back
Oh yes, they mentioned Chick-fil-a as well. I had In and Out in June. Was lovely.
A while ago, out for dinner, I asked a colleagues wife who’s from California reg burger places, if she preferred Five Guys or In and Out?
Craft beer is as big in California as it is in the UK, particularly pale ales/IPAs. Saying it's just Coors and Miller is like saying GB is just Fosters and Carling. Supermarkets and bottle shops have a good range if you're on a budget, though their beers are a bit strong for me.
Regarding LA, I'd say Santa Monica as well. It's vaguely central to the airport and tourist places. I don't think Downtown is worth your limited time.
Reg downtown, we might indeed give it a miss.
Probably one full day checking out Beverly Hills, Rodeo Drive and Griffiths Observatory. The kids wants to go to Raging Waters (waterpark), not Disney, Universal of Six Flags. I can imagine a visit there will take most of the day out of the calendar as it’s about an hour from Santa Monica. On the day is arrival, we’ll probably just hang out by the pool/beach. Same for for the day we leave. We can leave our luggage at the hotel after checkout and not flying out before 10pm, so heading to airport around 6pm. Will probably just spend the day by the beach. And the kids keep going on about these fastfood joints called Raising Cane, Wingstop and Crumbl.
If your kids are on a fast food mission then chick-fil-a , then in-n-out were quite good and rated highly by my teens a year back
Oh yes, they mentioned Chick-fil-a as well. I had In and Out in June. Was lovely.
A while ago, out for dinner, I asked a colleagues wife who’s from California reg burger places, if she preferred Five Guys or In and Out?
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couple of craft beer places literally round the corner from the hotel....and if you do walk down the beach to Venice (20 mins or so), then you're going to go past the Venice Ale House, where you'll probably need a refresher before the journey back again...(fine with kids under the awning out front...)