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Today my mother was heading back to the UK with a British Airways strike currently under way there was a suspicion that she would never get back as expected and would have to put up with for a lot longer. With that in mind we picked an easy straightforward activity and visited the Griffith Observatory a top the Hollywood Hills.

The Griffith Observatory (Just further down the road is the more famous Greek Theatre) observes over the city as an impressive over seer situated as a beacon a loft the smoggy down town metropolis of LA. Upon arrival the day was a little overcast but still presented great views of the city below and gave a different perspective on the Hollywood sign.

The observatory was packed with visitors and mostly school kids, ferried from various schools in those big yellow buses. The observatory seems to be very popular, but why is that; interestingly Colonel Griffith Jenkins Griffith who built the observatory and then upon its completion gave it to the general public which included all the surrounding park land for the general public to enjoy.

This means you can walk into the observatory and look around the various space themed exhibits they have set up there including a full solar system of planets to read about and learn from for free. The planetarium is the only thing that is not free but if you wish to participate it does not cost very much at all. With time running out and the flight looming we had to give the planetarium a miss and begin the journey to the airport.