The next stop was the great and star-studded Los Angeles. The city is simply incredible in size, but it was clear to us that size isn't everything. A second stereotype about the USA was broken. Or rather, not even a stereotype, I just expected more from this city. The city itself didn't stand out, and it didn't smell very good either. Hoping to see something interesting, we took a tour of the most famous spots in LA: Beverly Hills, Rodeo Drive, and the main streets. It was very engaging and interesting, because few people can boast of having seen the house where Michael Jackson died, where Britney Spears shaved her head, where Brad Pitt started working, and which gym Arnold Schwarzenegger trained in.
The famous Walk of Fame. Let's just say it doesn't look as good everywhere as it does in movies or pictures. The best part of the walk is, of course, near Madame Tussauds, where the biggest stars are gathered and a crowd of tourists passes by every minute.
My stay in Los Angeles is remembered not for the city itself, but for the Six Flags amusement park and, of course, Universal Studios!!! Let's start in order.
We spent the entire second day at Six Flags; I can call it a kind of kingdom of roller coasters. Having spent 12 hours there, I think I have enough adrenaline in my blood for a year. It was an incredible experience consisting only of emotional bursts. After the first coaster, I couldn't recover for an hour, as it was the scariest ride I've ever been on. In 55 seconds of pure "fun," there was a 90-degree drop, riding upside down, flashes of fire, incredible speed, and FEAR, pleading, screaming, and the loss of my sunglasses. It's a good thing we didn't buy a VIP ticket, because between the coasters we stood in line for an hour or an hour and a half, which helped me calm down and normalize my heartbeat. This terrible fear very slowly turned into fun and amusement. I will never forget the surge of emotions in this wonderful place.
On the third day, we visited Universal Studios. We bought VIP tickets because we had heard about 3-hour lines. Universal Studios simply turned my imagination and my mind upside down. I saw things that don't exist, I felt the unreal, I saw spectacles I couldn't even suspect existed. Leaving another ride or show, I thought nothing could surprise me anymore, but how wrong I was—again and again, something new and interesting. My brain had long forgotten about Los Angeles itself and the roller coasters by that point. I had a desire to just stay there and live forever. In the evening, we took a 1.5-hour tour of the studio itself: they revealed the secrets of filmmaking, showed us pavilions and sets, and gave us a lot of information about cinema in general. Universal is in my heart!
