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Travel to California. My name is Elodie. I am 26 years old and I work as a graphic designer.
For a long time, I have dreamed of discovering California. I saw films, read articles and looked at photos. I have been imagining this trip for years.
After months of saving and preparing, I'm finally ready. Today is the big day. I'm leaving for a two-week stay in Los Angeles.
In the morning, I wake up before my alarm even goes off. My bag has been ready since the day before. I check my passport, my plane ticket and my hotel reservations one last time .
Everything is in order. My heart is beating fast. I'm eager to.
A morning taxi at the bottom of my building. The driver is friendly. He asks me if I'm going on vacation.
I smile and tell him about my project. The journey to the airport seems short to me. I get out of the taxi, take my suitcase and enter the airport.
Inside, there are a lot of people. Travelers are walking in all directions. I'm waiting in line to check in for my flight.
When my turn comes, the autèse asks me for my passport. I gave it to him with a smile. Everything is going well.
I collect my boarding pass and head to security. The wait before boarding is long. I sit near the large bevite and watch the planes taking off.
I imagine the moment when it will be my turn. Finally, the announcement sounded. Fly to Los Angeles, boarding gate 32.
My journey begins. I sit in my seat near the window. The plane is huge.
The plane picks up speed then rises into the sky. The city below is getting smaller and smaller. I look out the window fascinated.
During the flight, I have a tour guide on California there. I have a list of places to visit. Hollywood, Venice Beach, Santa Monica, national parks.
I also note some good restaurant addresses. After several hours, I look out the porthole, the Pacific Ocean appears. We are approaching California.
After a short rest, I will have explored the city. My first stop is Hollywood Boulevard. I walk on the walk-off fame, or stars felt under my feet.
I take photos and observe the street artists. Then I take an Uber to the Griffith Observatory. Up there, the view is spectacular.
The blood I leave stretches as far as the eye can see. I breathe deeply and enjoy the moment. In the evening, I have dinner in a small local restaurant.
I eat a Californian burger. The taste is delicious. Every day I discover a new place.
In Santa Monica, I walk barefoot on the hot sand. The ocean shines under the sun. Surfers slide on the waves.
In Venice Beach, the atmosphere is different. The skateboarders perform impressive tricks. The walls are covered with colored graphite.
The energy of the neighborhood fascinates me. One morning, I rent a car and set off on the coastal road. The Pacific Coast Highway runs along the ocean.
The landscape is magnificent. I stop in Malibu and drink coffee while watching the waves. Day after day, I visit Beverly Hills, the movie studios, downtown LA district.
I taste local specialties, I talk with locals. One day, I decide to go out of town. I take a bus to a nature park.
There, I go for a hike. The trails are calm, surrounded by nature. I hear the field of birds, the rustling of the wind in the trees.
At the end of the day, I return to Los Angeles and stop at a beach to admire the sunset. The sky turns orange, then pink, then purple. It's magnificent.
The days pass too quickly. Soon it's time to return to France. My last morning in Los Angeles and Melencholic.
I drink coffee on the hotel terrace while looking at the awakening city. At the airport, I feel a strange emotion. The joy of having experienced an incredible journey, but also the sadness of leaving.
In the plane, I look out the window one last time. Los Angeles disappears under the clouds. But one thing is certain, I will come back to California.
Listen and repeat after me. My name is Elodie. My name is Elodie.
I am 26 years old. I am 26 years old. And I work as a graphic designer.
And I work as a graphic designer. For a long time. For a long time.
I dream of discovering California. I dream of discovering California. I saw films.
I saw films. Him articles. Him articles.
And look at photos. And look at photos. This trip.
This trip. I've been imagining it for years. I've been imagining it for years.
After months of saving and preparation. After months of saving and preparation. I'm finally ready.
I'm finally ready. Today is the big day. Today is the big day.
I'm leaving for a two-week stay. I'm leaving for a two-week stay. In Los Angeles.
In Los Angeles. In the morning, I wake up. In the morning, I wake up.
Even before my alarm goes off. Even before my alarm goes off. My bag has been there since the day before.
My bag has been there since the day before. I check my passport one last time. I check my passport one last time.
My plane ticket and my hotel reservations. My plane ticket and my hotel reservations. Everything is in order.
Everything is in order. My heart is drooling. My heart is drooling.
I'm eager to. I'm eager to. A morning taxi down from my still.
A morning taxi down from my still. The driver is friendly. The driver is friendly.
He asks me if I'm going on vacation. He asks me if I'm going on vacation. I smile.
I smile. And I tell him my project. And I tell him my project.
The journey to the pig air seems short to me. The journey to the pig air seems short to me. I get out of the taxi.
I get out of the taxi. Take my suitcase and enter the pig air. Take my suitcase and enter the pig air.
Inside. Inside. There are a lot of people.
There are a lot of people. Travelers are walking in all directions. Travelers are walking in all directions.
I'm waiting in line to check in for my flight. I'm waiting in line to check in for my flight. When is my turn?
When is my turn? The stewardess asks me for my passport. The stewardess asks me for my passport.
I greet myself with a smile. I greet myself with a smile. Everything is going well.
Everything is going well. I get my boarding pass. I collect my boarding pass and head to security.
And I head towards security . The wait before boarding is long. The wait before boarding is long.
I sit near the big bevitery. I sit near the big bevitery. And I watch the planes take off.
And I watch the planes take off. I imagine the moment when it will be my turn. I imagine the moment when it will be my turn.
Finally, the announcement sounded. Finally, the announcement sounded. This is the destination for Los Angeles.
This is the destination for Los Angeles. Boarding gate 32. Boarding gate 32.
My journey begins. My journey begins. I sit in my place near the UBLO.
I sit in my place near the UBLO. The plane is huge. The plane is huge.
The plane gains speed. The plane gains speed. Then rises into the sky.
Then rises into the sky. The city below is getting smaller and smaller. The city below is getting smaller and smaller.
I look through the UBLO fascinated. I look through the UBLO fascinated. During the flight.
During the flight. I'm making a tourist guide to California. I have a list of places to visit.
I have a list of places to visit. After several hours. After several hours.
I look through the UBLO. I look through the UBLO. The Pacific Ocean appears.
The Pacific Ocean appears. We are approaching. We are approaching California.
After a short break. I would have explored the city. After a short break.
I would have explored the city. My first stop is Hollywood Boulevard. My first stop is Hollywood Boulevard.
I walk on the Walk of Fame. I walk on the Walk of Fame. Where stars felt under my feet.
I take photos. I take photos. And observe the street artists.
And observe the street artists. Up there, the view is spectacular. Up there, the view is spectacular.
The ocean I leave stretches as far as the eye can see. The ocean I leave stretches as far as the eye can see. I breathe deeply.
I breathe deeply. And I enjoy the moment. And I enjoy the moment.
In the evening I have dinner in a small local restaurant. In the evening I have dinner in a small local restaurant. I eat a Californian burger.
I eat a Californian burger. The taste is delicious. The taste is delicious.
At the end of the day I return to Los Angeles. At the end of the day I return to Los Angeles. And I stop at a beach to admire the sunset.
And I stop at a beach to admire the sunset. The sky turns orange. The sky turns orange.
Then pink then purple. Then pink then purple. It's magnificent.
It's magnificent. The days pass too quickly. The days pass too quickly.
Very soon it is time to return to France. Very soon it is time to return to France. I drink coffee on the hotel terrace.
Looking at the city. Looking at the city. At the reception I feel a strange emotion.
At the reception I feel a strange emotion. The joy of having experienced an incredible journey. The joy of having experienced an incredible journey.
incredible, but also the sadness of leaving, but also the sadness of leaving. In the plane, I look out the window one last time.
