1. Road trip is a good experience. When you fly, You are lifted from one place and dropped in another. But the gradual change climate, terrain etc can be experienced only on a road trip.
2. San Francisco is a place which I found totally flooded with tourists. In all other places you do see tourists, but there will be local people around too. But somehow in San Francisco I saw only tourists, with maps & guidebooks in their hands. As if local people have given up their city to the tourists, and decided to lock themselves up inside their houses. Well, this observation may be due to the fact that I stayed in downtown San Francisco, but I found it really striking about this city.
3. The pier 39 in San Francisco is pure hype. If you stay in the city , you can go there and hang out if you want. But for a tourists they don’t really offer anything…just shops. Those Sea
lions are interesting..but the place stinks so much, you can’t think of spending more than few minutes there ! :)
4. Lombard street is fun. But I really wonder how the people living at that neighborhood manage..with all the tourists 24/7 !
5. UC Berkeley surprised me a bit. I was expecting a more traditional looking campus. But the most interesting thing I heard about UCB is that, it seems a they have few parking spots reserved for Nobel Laureates !! I really wanted check it out..but we were pressed for time. Anyway, next time will try to find that out, and in case I spot any car parked there..will definitely hang around !:)
6. Golden gate bridge is best thing San Francisco has to offer. But with all the fog, you have to be really lucky to get a full view of the bridge…particularly during summer. Bdw, You get the best view from the Marin county.
8. Santa Barbara is the place, I liked the most. It’s small cute town with everything built in Spanish style. It’s a place where all the rich people of California retire, and you come across that laid back atmosphere everywhere…people sitting leisurely in a roadside coffee shop,sipping coffee & chatting. Other than the beautiful beaches, the town offers nothing very touristy thing to do and that’s the best thing about it. This is a place where I
would love to go back again for a relaxed vacation.
9. Other than all the BTDTs in L.A, I think one very interesting place one should visit is the Getty Center. (It has no entrance fee, but has a parking fee for $ 15). The place is extremely well maintained. For those who are interested in Art , sculpture, Photography etc, the center has lot to offer. All you need is time..you can’t rush through them.
10. Oh bdw,if you go to L.A, try to stay at Westin.. I mean that’s where you might get it at an affordable price, like we did. They claim to have the best beds among all the luxury hotels which they call ‘Heavenly beds’, and they are indeed heavenly! :)
11. It seems I experienced one of the rarest things in Yosemite..rain !! and it was a real bummer. After camping there for the night, we had to abandon our plans for hikes and climbs for the next day and get out of he park as soon as possible. Yosemite otherwise is nice national park, you can see lot of stuff ..mountain, lakes , beautiful meadows within a short distance. I think that makes the park so popular.
Nandana
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