Fco's Mom, Leonor, wanted to go to LA via train to visit old friends
1 All Aboard
2 Our first night aboard Amtrak, having dinner
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4 In the Observation car, waiting for breakfast
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9 El Paso, Texas
10 Leonor, watching Francisco who is walking outside the train in El Paso
11 In our compartment
12 View from Loews Hotel. Hollywood Highland, Kodak Theatre
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14 Looking down at the pool and the Kodak Theatre
15 Los Angles. the view from the area we stayed, Highland and Hollywood Blvd
16 The hotel complex. Hollywood Blvd is straight ahead
17 Leonor and Francisco with the Hollywood sign in the background
18 Seeing the city one day
19 Downtown at the Civic Center area, Leonor and Francisco
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21 Our Lady of Los Angeles Cathedral
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23 Mark Tarper Forum and Ahmanson Theatre
24 Dorothy Chandler Pavillion
25 Walt Disney Concert Hall
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29 Francisco taking pictures
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32 Bill contemplating the Sylvan Woodrush tree
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35 We went to visit the Getty Villa
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37 It was kind of cold with the wind
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44 Sculpture at the Getty Museum, tramway entrance
45 the entrance, looking back
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54 Tapestry room at the Getty
55 We walked the entire length of the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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58 Johnny and Bill
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60 Francisco accepting his Oscar!
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62 Bill's Star (waiting to be engraved)
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66 View from the Pier
67 Venice Beach
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69 The skate park was very fun to watch
70 The La Brea Tar Pits
71 a stuck Mammoth
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73 Francisco and Leonor at La Brea exhibit
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75 He's really into this demonstration!
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78 Downtown. Petersen Automotive Museum
79 LA Museum of Art
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81 Griffith Observatory
82 The Observatory
83 Leonor and Francisco looking at the Foucault Pendulum in the W.M. Keck Foundation Central Rotunda. One of the largest such devices in the world, the fully restored pendulum is actually an elegant scientific instrument which demonstrates the Earth's rotation.
84 View of LA from Griffith Observatory
85 Taken from the Observatory
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87 Memorial to James Dean's "Rebel Without a Cause" movie, some of which was filmed here.
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90 Sunset from the Observatory
91 Leonor and Gloria, a former neighbor in El Salvador
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93 An afternoon visit with Gloria, her brother Alfredo, and their family
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95 Alfredo, his wife, Gloria, Leonor, Francisco
96 Former neighbors in El Salvador reunited in LA!
