长滩在洛杉矶的南部，坐蓝线轻轨就可以很方便地到海滩。

在车站遇见的墨西哥的后裔，春节要中国旅游，在乘车时同我们一路了解中国，老太太想做中国的饰品生意，打听在中国什么地方采购。

发型秀

在长滩公共图书馆的雕像，应该是美国星条旗来历的故事。

William Driver船长？

查了“Old Glory”的故事。会贴在最后，感兴趣可以看看原文。

旗子下面的字是“LET US HAVE PEACE”

在终点站下车，遇到一个北京中学老师，在美国做志愿者，教美国中学生学中文。

长滩风光

在美国的一家中餐连锁店，据说很出名。

长滩风光，远处的楼是HYATT酒店，世界连锁，一般都是四星

灯塔，逆光拍的，效果不太好

美丽的港口，豪华游轮也是在这里登船。

豪宅加游艇。

可以乘游艇巡游。

也可以在船上吃晚餐，看夜景。

海族馆

海豚的雕塑

长滩风景

街景

在美国行人要遵守的交规。

街景

OCEAN CENTRE BUILDING

贸易中心

洛杉矶是1923年和1984年两届夏季奥运会的举办地，这也是中国重回奥运大家庭的地方哈。

"OLD GLORY!"

This famous name was coined by Captain William Driver, a shipmaster of Salem, Massachusetts, in 1831. As he was leaving on one of his many voyages aboard the brig CHARLES DOGGETT - and this one would climax with the rescue of the mutineers of the BOUNTY - some friends presented him with a beautiful flag of twenty four stars. As the banner opened to the ocean breeze for the first time, he exclaimed "Old Glory!"

He retired to Nashville in 1837, taking his treasured flag from his sea days with him. By the time the Civil War erupted, most everyone in and around Nashville recognized Captain Driver's "Old Glory." When Tennesee seceded from the Union, Rebels were determined to destroy his flag, but repeated searches revealed no trace of the hated banner.

Then on February 25th, 1862, Union forces captured Nashville and raised the American flag over the capital. It was a rather small ensign and immediately folks began asking Captain Driver if "Old Glory" still existed. Happy to have soldiers with him this time, Captain Driver went home and began ripping at the seams of his bedcover. As the stitches holding the quilt-top to the batting unraveled, the onlookers peered inside and saw the 24-starred original "Old Glory"!

Captain Driver gently gathered up the flag and returned with the soldiers to the capitol. Though he was sixty years old, the Captain climbed up to the tower to replace the smaller banner with his beloved flag. The Sixth Ohio Regiment cheered and saluted - and later adopted the nickname "Old Glory" as their own, telling and re-telling the story of Captain Driver's devotion to the flag we honor yet today.

Captain Driver's grave is located in the old Nashville City Cemetery, and is one of three (3) places authorized by act of Congress where the Flag of the United States may be flown 24 hours a day.