I found about LA’s Tar Pits a while ago from this article FOR KIDS: South America’s Sticky Tar Pits. So Rancho La Brea was on my wish list and finally got the kids on this Ice Age Adventure 
Here are some pics and info on La Brea:
Posted in .LOS_ANGELES, .museum, .park, 2009.10.25.SOCAL
Tagged Ice Age Adventure, Rancho La Brea, Tar Pits
The highlight of the trip was the birthday celebration in Disneyland, and it was indeed special. Everyone enjoyed the day, the weather was perfect, not very crowded, especially in the morning.
It was Halloween Time, but not quite Halloween, so several attractions were closed for beautification, calendar here. Maybe will reopen for Halloween, but we were happy the way it was. More Halloween attractions at SuiteTrip
We’ve stayed at the DoubleTree which was OK, nothing out of ordinary, we’ll probably try it again. Or not. It’s clean, quiet, convenient, standard furniture, nice staff. Parking is extra 11$ a day, the shuttle to Disneyland another extra.
But we found a Buca di Beppo quite nearby and this is a fun place to celebrate a birthday. And we learned about Roy’s in the Garden Walk, yum to know for next time. While in Disneyland, of course downtown dining, this is one attraction that still has good food too, and that’s kind of magic too.
Our all family favorite, Naples’s pizza.
We went to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County for gems & minerals, beautiful, and the dinos made the show:
Much better quality videos from NHMLA:
SOLVANG ATTRACTIONS, PLACES, MAP and WALKING MAP:
Now we are ready for a real trip to Denmark
Posted in .DENMARK, .Solvang, 2009.10.25.SOCAL, restaurants
Tagged .Solvang, Denmark, family travel, Route 246, travel with kids
D stands for a combination of Danish and Disney itineraries, a birthday trip that we are planning to Disneyland with a Danish stop in Solvang, maybe a brick-or-treat too and other SOCAL gems.
First destination is S O L V A N G. This is the Danish Capital of US, set your GPS to Solvang, CA 93463, 1683 Copenhagen Drive. I always liked this place, and every visit to the little Hans Christian Andersen museum tucked upstairs in The Book Loft Building is enchanting. Somehow I always find something exciting here, refreshing for an almost 100 year old place. We never stayed overnight in Solvang though, and one time when later hours got us still there I remember that the town went silently to sleep. So I was looking for things to do in the late afternoon and stumbled upon an event that will make our young jewellery designer so happy: Meet John Kennedy and create a custom jewel
MORE SOLVANG ATTRACTIONS, PLACES, MAP and WALKING MAP:
DENMARK FOR KIDS:
Next destination, LOS ANGELES WITH KIDS!
With only little time it will be tough to choose, but here is a beginning of LA ITINERARIES and a shorter wishlist for this trip:
We knew that LEGO history began in 1932 in Denmark and the name LEGO itself is a fusion of the Danish words “LEg” and “GOdt” (“play well”), but the Danes claim the inspiration for Disneyland comes from Tivoli Gardens too, so here’s another Danish destination in our itinerary
Posted in .beach, .calendar, .COPENHAGEN, .DENMARK, .DISNEYLAND, .Halloween, .LEGOLAND, .LOS_ANGELES, .museum, .park, .playground, .science, .Solvang, 2009.10.25.SOCAL, accommodation, itinieraries, restaurants, wish_list
Tagged .Solvang, 48 HOURS IN COPENHAGEN, Brick-or-Treat Party Nights, Denmark, Disneyland, dwell DETOUR, family travel, Hans Christian Andersen, Lego, Legoland, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Itineraries, National Geographic Traveler, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, OstrichLand, The Book Loft Building, travel with kids
