Thursday, August 13, 2026

29 July 2026 Hollywood: A Change of Scenery

 



We get very frustrated with our AirBnB, first no coffee cups, then no washing machine and then the door sot stuck and would not open.  After a good bit of back and forth we managed to settle with the host for everything we wanted.  A full refund on the remaining three days, a credit for the cleaning fee of $140 and we packed everything up and left.  We moved a short way south to the Costa Hollywood Resort.  It was less than $50 extra per day so we decided it was going to work for us.  We checked in, managed to get lost inside the north tower and eventually we found our room #409. the view from our new room was life changing, no more claustrophobia, lots of room to spread out and a pool to boot.n We could not check in until later and so we took a cruise around Hollywood and saw our old haunts.



New construction


A big sea wall is going in


A large house, formerly on the right, came down


Birds in Joe DiMaggio Park


Our first look at the Costa condo hotel


I called the bunk beds


Lots of light and a sea view for Leslie


We could see where there had been a fire in the condo just south of us


It was the start of the lobster mini-season and there were boats everywhere!


The hallway


Heading over the 3rd story walkway over to the pool


Nice setup


A decent sized pool


We will be back to soak


Sunset bar


North lake



It has been 4 years and 47 days since we began our Migration