voyage dans le temps I journey through time I
évasion
fly away
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رحلـة عبـر الزمـن
Huge and chaotic, Los Angeles is a must-see destination. From Downtown to
Venice Beach, Silver Lake and Hollywood, the boulevards draw the outlines of a
myth that keeps on renewing itself, a large movie screen behind which hides the
true city of Angels : a multifaceted and enthusiastic megalopolis.
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t should be said straight away that
in Venice Beach, one of Los Angeles
beaches, people like to laugh and
cultivate the art of being cool. An
attitude that Europeans on a spree,
sometimes too tied up by their
long history, can find difficult to
understand. Here, things quickly change, appear
and disappear. For example, the Abbot Kinney
boulevard, not recommended at night only five years
ago, became a haven for yuppies. Here, nothing is
sacred except the skateboard. Why ? Because it is
a metaphysical vehicle. By using it, we learn that
life is little more than simple gestures : gain some
momentum or take an important turn from time to
time. No matter who you are, nobody cares. Live,
enjoy the time spent with other people, that is all we
ask. So yes, living in Venice feels good !
Wild Wild west
But Venice is not Los Angeles, only one of its many
facets. The second city of the United States is vast :
70 km from North to South, 50 km from East to West,
3
4 million inhabitants in the municipality only and
near 19 million for the urban area. In other words, a
Wild Wild west where the p 7BF