Los Angeles was founded in 1781 by Spanish pobladores (settlers), on a site southeast of today's Olvera Street near the Los Angeles River. The photo shows the entrance to Olvera Street, the oldest street in LA, named by a City Council ordinance in 1877 to honour Augustín Olvera, the first Superior Court Judge of Los Angeles County, who owned an adobe house nearby.
The first photo shows the entrance to Olvera Street and the second is the house called Avila Adobe, believed to be the oldest in LA, dating from 1818.
Today Olvera Street houses a handicraft market and you know what is coming next? You guessed; I bought my last handcrafted fridge magnets!
So after an interesting day it was time to make our way to the airport for the flight home.
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