Spaceships, Planets and the Hollywood stars in between!

California Science Centre is home to the Endeavour (The real space shuttle), a huge part of the museum is dedicated to the Endeavour.
There are many activities to take part in and heaps of information on the flights and the astronauts who flew on each mission.
I got to see the actual shuttle, it is so much bigger than I thought it would be, even the ceramic tiles – so cool. They are all numbered because each tile is different and unique.
Outside of the museum is a huge fuel tank for the space shuttle, it is used to store and supply fuel to the engines during take off.
There are real aircraft on display above our heads.. wow!

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On the way from the Science Centre to the Griffith observatory is Hollywood Boulevard.
It is a street with stars on the footpath of famous actors, singers, TV and movie star names.
Surprisingly I found my name on one of the stars!!! Well kinda….
The street is a bit wild with people trying to sell you things everywhere.
There are movie characters everywhere, they really look exactly like in the movies.
Dancers dancing in the streets (really good dancers).
I even saw people preparing to make a movie.

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The Griffith observatory is in the Hollywood hills.
Upon arriving at the observatory, we had to walk up a winding road and saw a deer just standing there looking at us.
The observatory is like a big museum filled with real meteors, planet models and the biggest star display in the world.
There are different interactive activities that involve space.
They had a timeline of how the universe was created and formed and when, I also went to the planetarium. You lay back on special seats and explore the universe. A bit like Scitech in Perth.
Because Griffith observatory is on top of a hill (mountain!) there is an awesome view of Los Angeles and even the Hollywood sign.
It was amazing!

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