Hola de la ciudad de Mexico

Our last few days in LA were packed full of "To-Do's" (which Kristina made sure to keep very organized in her Edelman notebook).  Somehow, against all odds, we managed to squeeze in a well-overdue hike up Runyon Canyon.  The entrance to the hike is on Vista Street above Franklin in West Hollywood.  It is a popular place, so parking is hard to come by.  After a quick walk up Vista, there are two trails to choose from.  The dirt trail on the left is much steeper and shorter and if it hasn't rained in a while, footing can be a little sketchy.  The other path is longer, partly paved, and seemed to be more traveled.  Being the fearless adventurers that we are, we chose the steeper dirt trail on the left:

We read many reviews of the hike on the internet where people complained about all of the dog traffic and dog owners who do not pick up after their pets.  We, however, hardly noticed any stink and were happy to have all of the dogs sharing the hike with us.  Once we reached the top of the mountain, we had an amazing panoramic view of the Hollywood sign, the Griffith Observatory, and the city of LA, Century City, Santa Monica, and the coast complete with the infamous LA smog:

For our final evening in LA, we booked tickets to Kevin Nealon's Tuesday night comedy show at the Laugh Factory.  Immediately upon our arrival, we knew that something was wrong.  The place was nearly empty, the stage was covered in toys, there were time tickers on the walls, we were escorted to front row seats and an unknown comedian was trying desperately to get a few laughs out of the despondent audience.  We discovered that the Laugh Factory was having a "Special Event" marathon comedy show where comedians were asked to come and fill a 30 minute timeslot against their will, and that Kevin Nealon would not be there.  Apparently, the website was never updated and we were not the only angry Kevin Nealon fans.

Now, here we sit in the Mexico City airport awaiting our 11:55pm flight to Lima.  It looks like our plane will be departing on time, and we will be arriving in Lima at 6:35am.  Our international adventure begins...