Monday, August 28, 2006

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The journey is over. Tomorrow return the Impala, the car that took us for a walk around the United States.
It 's true, there are still two days of vacation, but when the other day in Los Angeles after going through the city we turned up on the beach in Santa Monica I felt a bit' sad because there would be no more dusty pick-up, small towns in the middle of the prairies with restaurants from film to have breakfast, buffalo crossing the road, endless landscapes that open beyond the gutter with the straight road that cuts them for half without any curve for miles and miles.
past few days after visiting the parks we went to Las Vegas, Los Angeles and now San Francisco.

to describe Las Vegas there are no words, must be seen in daylight with its scorching heat and night with its bright lights and colorful. Terribly fake but at the same time attractive: each building a hotel, themed hotels and every course a casino with a lot of people playing at any time of day or night. Very nice especially the New York and the show with the Fontane Bellagio's water.
We also obviously have tried their luck but we have not been kissed, maybe they were too few dollars "invested" to the bang, but in any case after five minutes we had already lost two dollars without even being able to play them and we had already been stopped by security because he believed that Martin had not yet reached 21 years ... will be the effect of the sun that stuns the people of those parts ;-)

Los Angeles not impressed us much but maybe we have not devoted enough time to appreciate it and we just go with the Hollywood Boulevard VIP in the sidewalk of the stars and the square in front of the theater of the Oscars with the imprints of hands and feet of some of the major Hollywood stars,

Now we're in San Francisco and we miascia among tourists. There are those Americans so warm and friendly we found the last few weeks and who remained open-mouthed after asking us what was our trip. In the coming days we will visit the city: Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, Pier 39, the sloping streets, the cable cars.

tonight so we emptied the car and each took brochures in parks in cities and every gadget bought in recent weeks was a reminder of a long day here, there really was a lot of stuff, we left New York with a suitcase and a backpack, and now we head to the trunk and back seat full ... it's time to really start to make the new bags, the trip is over ... but what a trip!

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The journey is over 28 to 31 August: San Francisco

In the last few days of vacation we San Francisco saw a really beautiful city but very touristy. Among the various things that we saw
- 47 miles road: a road that can go around the city through the most interesting
- Golden Gate
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Alcatraz - Pier 39 : the pier with the famous shopping for shopping (mostly for gadgets)
- ride on cable cars, the famous streetcar
SF - Lombard Street
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Chinatown - Japantown Plaza
Place - the stadium of the San Francisco Giants
- sea lions




San Francisco in the fog


photos with the Impala! :-) ... And the Golden Gate




Cablecar, the famous streetcar SF


streets sloping


Transamerica Pyramid


Lombard Street


Chinatown


a residential area


Alcatraz


the cell of one of the escapees from Alcatraz


the interior of Alcatraz ...


... and the interior dell'Impala


stage of the San Francisco Giants



Sunday, August 27, 2006

Tattoos Of A Baby With Angel Wings

August 27: San Francisco

last stop for our trip. Today we get to San Francisco and the first impact with the city is really nice, we remain open mouth to see the famous streets that go up and down the hills.
During the trip I wished Permutations (with much joy Martina :-)) in San Jose, more precisely at a place called Mountain View where there Googleplex, the headquarters of Google ... eh well ... deformation will be professional but I have not resisted :-)


Google!


a view of San Francisco


going down the Lombard Street






the size of a shopping center in SF

Saturday, August 26, 2006

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August 26: St. Cruz, California

The road along the coast that connects Los Angeles to San Francisco is really nice. You travel for miles along the coast, passing through some stretches where the rock falls sheer to the ocean.
Of particular interest is the 17-Miles Drive a street with various viewpoints. In the evening
motel $ 99; A curiosity: the only motel in which I can not remember anything ...


fatigue is felt ... just look in the face











Friday, August 25, 2006

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August 25: Solvang, California

The East Coast! We have arrived!
The journey is not over yet, but after about twenty days and more than 5000 miles of driving we turned up on the coast of Santa Monica in Los Angeles, and have seen and touched the Atlantic Ocean.
Today, we visited the city of Los Angeles, but in fact it was a hit and run and we've only seen Hollywood Boulevard, the route with the stars of VIP on the sidewalks and the theater with the footprints of Hollywood artists imprinted in the cement.
We also passed by Beverly Hills, but we did not find any famous person, just many Villone.
In the evening there was some problems in finding accommodation and in the end we ended up in a not very nice motel near Santa Barbara and operated by a family of Chinese spending $ 82! Probably this was the worst motel we could find throughout the trip, but having done quite late with the dinner we had to make do. E 'was nice but find a couple of guys within our own conditions (honey please!)
Total distance traveled: 5616 miles (9038 km)



the Atlantic coast


Hollywood Boulevard










impressions of VIP


"Hollywood" at the bottom of the hill


Beverly Hills


the "usual" American media


and firefighters also are no less

Thursday, August 24, 2006

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August 24: Mojave, California

We are getting closer and faster to the east coast of the United States today and the last visit the park, the Death Valley .
We've seen lots of parks, while others have not had time or opportunity to do so. Sorry notably Yosemite and Sequoia, but unfortunately they were a bit 'out of hand with respect to our location, and then we decide if we get a little' ahead of San Francisco will make a detour, otherwise ... will be for the next trip!
Even Death Valley is characteristic in its way, very different from all others; huge valley full of salt with a scorching temperatures that reached 48 degrees the day we passed us. We crossed this valley in the car and we tried to do a short passage despite the heat. We were then in Dante's View, a lookout point from which you can admire the entire valley, and Bedwater, the lowest point of the United States with its 86 meters below sea level.
In the evening we went to California and found a Motel 6 to $ 42
Total distance traveled: 5324 miles (8568 km)


Dante's View


Badwater, to -86 m


+48 ° C!


roads in Death Valley


shrubs and dunes


Impala on dirt


coyote of the desert (they are 2 but I do not know the plural of " coyote :-))


Trulli ?!?!?!


Italian tourists ... Tse :-)