Sophialife

The activity for today came out to be "The Observatory", one of LA's most famous actractions mostly because the spectacular view over Los Angeles (on a clear day you can see all the way to the ocean). D tried like always to say "I don't wanna go" but I ignored her and once we left she was so excited. The drive up there was so beautiful and the weather was pretty nice. The huge moské-like building offered us a review of the sun, moon, earth, space and the "Periodic system". We also went to a Planetarian show (Cosmonova like) and D asked me if the room was moving - soo cute and such a big impression for a six-year old who had never experinced a feeling like that.

Okey, so then it was time to celebrate Sarah's 16th Birthday (her real one was on Monday). After a few different reservations the place came out to be a Tunisian restaurant. So we (her family, grandpa, her best friends and I) got to start with washing our hand under water the waitress poured from a pitcher. Next we got a great experience of eating all together from the same plate, all different kind of things (with just our hands) by flipping, pinching and dipping. While eating we also got entertained by a belly-dancer (it's amazing how they can control different parts of their body). Very interesting - you guys should try. Just remember that it is a lot more fun if you are a pretty big group and want to spend lots of time then the pace is distinguish for Tunisian dining.