Up at noon, well UK time! Had breakfast with Ian, and Chloe and then went for a wander. The hotel we were supposed to stay in sorted us some rooms finally. Dropped off all the gear and then met up with Robin. It was great to see him as last time I was in LA it didn't work out. We headed out to Venice Beach for a 3 hour roller blade which was fantastic. Just what was needed to calm down after being dicked around by a wanky hotel.

Met up with Ian at the hotel around 5pm and we navigated the metro out the Staples Center to see my first proper NHL game! (had only ever been to a pre-season game before.) The Kings played the Sharks and big thanks goes to Ian's friend Greg who sorted out the great seats. Was a pity that the game was on the boring side, the last 5 minutes were great but the 55 before that were pretty dull. Maybe it was because they finally pulled the goalie who was useless when he was a Canuck, or perhaps it was the shitty ice! (I don't follow much hockey but I've never seen a rink where after every other stoppage in play they need to come out and shovel the ice!) After coming across delayed Metro and then wandering around downtown LA to find another station we made it back to the hotel after only taking one wrong train!