The University of Virginia football team opened the 2015 season with an away game vs. UCLA. I felt that this would be an opportune time for me to experience the west coast and to see my team play a very good football team.
I took the 5-hour airplane ride from Dulles Airport (in Loudoun County, Va.) to Los Angeles, California a day before the game. Having never traveled that far before, I was ecstatic about the prospects of what the west coast would be all about (if it was for only 3 days). I arrived at LAX airport around 10:30 am Pacific time, early enough to hop the shuttle bus to the 'aviation' transit-rail stop. This train would take me into downtown L.A. Once in downtown, I made a transfer to the 'gold' line which took me to my final destination: Pasadena, California. Pasadena is a lovely 'edge city' - most of its downtown architecture is of a 'brownish tan' color, with palm trees aligning the clean, festive streets. The game that I would attend would be in Pasadena at the famous Rose Bowl and we (Virginia) did lose: 34-16 - not a surprise.
Below are photos of downtown Pasadena, the Rose Bowl and a beautiful church I saw in the Koreatown section of Los Angeles. * Please check back in the weeks to come, as I will include more commentary and photos about my visit to Los Angeles and Pasadena.
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| Pasadena, Calif. |
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| Pasadena, Calif. |
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| Rose Bowl |
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| a church in Koreatown (Los Angeles, Calif.) |
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