Los Angeles, 13.04.10: The second part of the Chancellor's trip to the USA took her to the west coast. At Los Angeles Airport she was met by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife.
Los Angeles, 14.04.10: Angela Merkel was invited by Arnold Schwarzenegger to visit the sunshine state in order to explore avenues for closer business cooperation.
Los Angeles, 14.04.10: High point of the first day was a visit to the Paul Getty Center, which houses a Museum and a Research Institute.
Los Angeles, 14.04.10: One highlight of the exhibitions on show at the J. Paul Getty Museum is the collection of mediaeval manuscripts.
Los Angeles, 14.04.10: It's not every day you meet a real live head of government on a school trip to a museum!
Los Angeles, 14.04.10: Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa shows the Chancellor the view out over the city. He held a luncheon in her honour, attended by a large number of actors and producers.
Los Angeles, 14.04.10: The guests included top model Heidi Klum and her husband Seal.
Los Angeles, 14.04.10: German television presenter Thomas Gottschalk, who has lived in California for years, was also at the luncheon.
Los Angeles, 14.04.10: Desiree Nosbusch, the television presenter, and film director Ulrich Edel too were invited.
Los Angeles, 14.04.10: Wagner's 'Ring' was staged by Achim Freyer at the Los Angeles Opera.
Los Angeles, 14.04.10: The Chancellor's trip had to include a visit to one of the oldest film studios in town - Warner Bros. Studio.
Los Angeles, 14.04.10: The actor Simon Baker took a break from work on the television series "The Mentalist" to show the Chancelloir round.
Los Angeles, 14.04.10: So that's how the noises are produced for films. Chancellor Angela Merkel visited a sound studio and watched and listened to work in progress.
Los Angeles, 14.04.10: A look at the post-production work rounded off the Chancellor's visit to the studio. The mixing desk looks a bit like the cockpit of an aircraft, only much bigger.
San Francisco, 14.04.10: The next stop on the itinerary is San Francisco. The Chancellor is invited to a dinner at Stanford University, where she is greeted by the University President John Hennessy and former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
San Francisco, 15.04.10: After the death of four soldiers in Afghanistan, Chancellor Angela Merkel sends her deepest sympathy to the families of the victims, and underscores, "We must continue this mission".
San Francisco, 15.04.10: At the state-owned Berkeley University the Chancellor gains a first hand impression of the practice-driven research being performed on the west coast of the USA during a visit to the nanotechnology research institute.
San Francisco: In Berkeley more than 8,000 research scientists work, 1,300 of them in the field of nanotechnology.
San Francisco, 15.04.10: With a panorama view of the city behind her, the Chancellor advocates closer economic and scientific cooperation in her talk to the reseach community at Berkeley University.
San Francisco, 15.04.10: After a photo session the Chancellor is happy to give research scientists an autograph.
Palo Alto, 15.04.10: A great many research facilities belonging to German companies have large branches in Silicon Valley. At SAP the Chancellor consults a map giving an overview of the high-tech region.