Los Angeles rocks

We arrived at LA airport after 3 flights and 8 hours in the air at 1130pm and waited patiently for our luggage. And waited. And waited.
We contacted airport staff to learn that our backpacks were in Mexico City.
We left the airport at 1 AM after being reassured that our luggage would be delivered in the morning. We spent the night at the Radisson and in the morning after waiting for several hours and then speaking to the Concierge we were informed that best practice would be to return to the airport to chase the luggage.
Well we finally received the luggage at 1230, all intact.
We have found everyone we have spoken to and even some people we haven't are very helpful polite and in some cases bizarre.
We are half a block off Hollywood Boulevardand have walked its length. We caught the Metro to downtown LA and to Long Beach and did a tour of the Queen Mary and a Russian submarine called the Scorpion.
Train travel is $3 per day.
Internet is $6 per hour, but at least it is fast.
LA is a surprise package. We thought we might not like it much after what we have seen, but it is quiet and there is no pollution and there are not as many people around as there is in Cuba or Mexico. I think all the Mexicans are in LA.
So far we love it. Meeting up with Hin and Niamh on Friday.