Trip to LA, my "California dream"

Hi everybody

I'm invited to my cousin, who is expatried to Los Angeles for business. I'll 10 days from may 25 to june 5. My return tickets are booked with the departement for disability from Air France. I'm very exited. Do you have any idea of what is fun to visit in wheelchair in LA?

Hi Florent.
I never visited L.A. You're lucky to go there, enjoy the trip.
What you could visit depends on your character but I'd say anything new is a wonder.

When I go abroad, I open my eyes to detect all of the differences with my usual neighborhood, asking myself what is better, and how, and why...

Florent it's great you will be able to visit LA. Let yourself be guided by your usual flair and don't forget a report for "Le café polyglotte sur le net"

Hi, Florent ! Good news, you must be looking forward to it ! No doubt your cousin will help you find the right sites to visit. And the Tourism Office will find places accessible to wheelchairs. Tell us if they are more advanced than we are in that domain !
Have a nice trip !

I'm exiting, my travel begins next week!!

My cousin live in Burbark, a small residential city in the suburb of the huge Los Angeles.
He find me a local guide (20 years old student in nursery) to take care of me, drive, and play the tourist with me. Hope is a nice person and we'll stick out together!

Florent,
I'm very happy the trip is so close now.
You are an easy-going guy so it'll be fine.
Of course you know you can't expect things to be like in France: no worries, Americans have a different way of life, trust them, live at their rhythm and enjoy.

Open your eyes, don't comment in a negative way and they will love you (don't be too Frenchie )

For my 10 days journey, we will travel 4 days out of LA and the other 6 days we only visit in LA and around: it will be only one day trip.
For the long trip, I planned:
- day 1: road from LA to Las Vegas (450km 5 hours), short visit of Las Vegas, then road from Las Vegas to Grand Canyon (450km 5 hours)
- night 1: we'll spend to night in an hostel / motel / backpacker in or near Grand Canyon
- day 2 complete day to visit Grand Canyon,  and then road from Grand Canyon NP (National Park) to Zion NP (160km 3 hours) in the end of the day
- night 2: hotel in Zion NP
- day 4 complete day to visit Zion NP
- night 2: hotel in Zion NP
- day 3: back from Zion to LA (720km 7 hours road)


Can someone confirm the distances and help me to find nice stuffs to do?

Hi Florent
Do you remember Daniel who regularly attended Calais polyglot café up to May when he left ? He comes from California and might help you. He is registered on that forum and you could send him a private message couldn't you ? His user name is Daniel with a number attached to it.  He is very nice and friendly

Lots of marvels, apparently. Enjoy a max.

Are you far from San Francisco ?

@Muriel: I have just written a message to Daniel805 I hope he'll answer
@Remy: San Francisco is 620km far away from LA. Too far for a trip and I want to stay a couple of days in LA visiting my family!

I tried to find a place to sleep in (or near) Grand Canyon. Do you think it's better (cheaper) out of a National Park?

I'll flight tomorrow, I'm so exited. Yes, Daniel has written to me, cool. I definely find cheaper hostesl out of National Parks.
With my  researchs, i find a polyglot cafe in LA: http://www.meetup.com/fr-FR/Polyglot-and-Language-Lovers-of-Los-Angeles/

Good luck, guy !

Have a good trip, Florent. And keep in touch !

I'm just about to leave my house from Marck to Roissy!

Florent we will stare at the sky and if we spot somebody waving at the window, we'll know it will be you !

I write just a short message to say i'm un LA and i'm tired because i haven't slept for 24 hours Zzzz

Florent, I see you are tired because you haven't slept for 24 hours ! It's very nice to be in touch !

Yesterday night, after a good trip, I have no more energy to write a big message. The fight was happend like forcast (even if I choose Daech Airline) What's more, one passenger missed hîs plane so there was a free place in the plane. And try to guess where? Just the seat close to me! So I had 2 places for me alone, pretty cool, no?
So the plane arrived with one minute left, and I passed the customs without any  problem. I said to the custom  officer "Are you  sure you wanna disable like me in  the US" He answers "Go ahead sir, I take  the risk".
Then my cousin picked me up and we arrived 1H30 later to join his 40km away house in the traffic of the jungle of LA; I'm no more longer with my bike!

Hello, Florent !
Nice to hear from you, after such a long trip.
You seem to be all right, funny to read the story at the Customs Office !
And about the jungle of LA... You know the meaning here in Calais. No comparison, I suppose.
Anyway, ENJOY : open your eyes as well as your ears, and store plenty of things to remember.

Hi Florent
I have just transferred your post into  Polyglot chats : Voyages, travels, Reisen, viajes, viaggi, etc. where one can choose the language they want to write with.  Patrick wants to write to you in French. Anyway, keep writing in English please because it blends in with the local color.

Hi Florent (ça je sais le dire)

Content d'être sur place? Comment se passe le tournage (tu es bien engagé pour une série à Hollywood is'not ?) Tu ne rates rien ici le temps n'est pas fameux pour les ballades en vélo (le vent souffle toujours sens contraire où tu vas, un peu comme la tartine de confiture qui tombe, toujours sur le mauvais côté). Muriel se démène comme un beau diable pour rameuter du monde pour le pique nique annuel. Comme chaque année elle "stresse" mais bon je lui répète ça va marcher (on a bien le droit d'être optimiste). Ah un conseil: ne dépense pas tout tes sous au casino tu n'en es qu'au début de ton voyage et ça serait dommage que tu te retrouves à la plonge pour le reste du séjour... (ou alors à devoir manger du poulet tous les jours...bien que tu aimes cela). Profites un peu de goûter les bières locales (a priori la Californie c'est plutôt le vin mais on ne sait jamais le mexique étant proche tu vas bien trouver un équivalent de la desesperado). Bien je te laisse à cette heure tu dois être en train de pioncer et pour une fois tu n'auras pas les pieds qui dépassent du lit car si tu ne fais pas le poids moyen tu as la taille tout à fait américaine profite pour acheter des jeans avec lequel tu n'auras pas l'air d'avoir eu le feu au plancher... Biz à ter tous Patrick

I spend a lot of time sorting and notify all from the +1700 photos I get from the oncle Sam's country
Here are the 46 pictures I hold back https://www.flickr.com/photos/bef62/albums/72157671241873145

Don't hesitate to have a look and correct my english. I'll apreciate!

Hello Florent
I am very pleased to hear from you and I enjoyed seeing all the beautiful photos you took during your trip to California and I would be pleased to know more about them.

Don't hesitate to have a look and correct my English. I'll appreciate!

If I were you, I would have written

I have spent a lot of time sorting and notifying  all  the +1700 photos I got from uncle Sam's country

• I have spent  the Present Perfect is used to say that an action happened at an unspecified time before now
  
• Uncle Sam's country The is not used before that possessive case
  
  

Hi Florent ! I've just seen all your photos. Wonderful the ones you chose to post here ! Some made me smile, such as the lifeguard pillar-box or the blue white red pistols at the petrol station !
Of course a few more comments would have been appreciated, but still we can see you are keeping good memories of the trip. Have you been to Death Valley when in Las Vegas?

I come back to my travel. I'm doing an album to select and comment some photos. Can you correct me?