Languages I heard today on my trip into Los Angeles:

1. American English - at the train station.
2. Spanish - on the train into LA.
3. Korean - Koreatown, next to the Chinese embassy.
4. Mandarin Chinese - visa pick-up line.
5. Tagalog - on the subway.
6. A southeast-Asian language I didn't recognize - walking through Chinatown.
7. Cantonese - in the music shop in Chinatown.
8. Vietnamese - in Vietnam Plaza, an outdoor market on the edge of Chinatown.
9. Australian English - at Union Station, in the Amtrak line.

Picts: Los Angeles Visa Trip.

As regular as clockwork, the 9:30 PM Disneyland fireworks are popping on the aural horizon.