Towneplace Suites By Marriott Newark-Silicon Valley

... Arboretum. As well in the park is the De Young Museum and the California Academy of Sciences. We drove through Haight Ashbury, by City hall, to California Street where we got on a cable car. This was a great experience as we rode to the end of the line at the bottom of a huge hill. The hills are unbelievably high and steep. After the ride they told us the brakes are pieces of wood that clamp in to the ...

... what awaited us!! After reaching the Lombard Street turn-off we looked at where we were supposed to be going; it looked like a smaller version of Mount Everest......we needed oxygen bottles and crampons to get up this street!!! Our initial thought was to forget about it but with True Brit endeavour we thought what the heck let's go for it!! We needed those oxygen bottles when we eventually got to the top....Eileen was litterally on her ...

... watched a weird video about "safety" which really told us that if we do ANYTHING that we're going to be charged $25. Bianca and Krishna got the awkward small ATVs and the boys got the bigger ones. We headed out and ended up having a lot more fun than I had in Cancun. Bianca lead sometimes even though she had the tendency to not see tall dunes until after she jumped over them. She got stuck once and fell off once. The falling off part, she ...

... nur noch ein Paar organisatorische Dinge, wie z.B. Einkaufen, das Zurückgeben unseres Autos (unser absolut treuester Begleiter, auf den wir uns immer 100% verlassen konnten), usw.. Morgen früh geht es schon um 5.00 a.m. zum Flughafen und auf einem langen Flug in Richtung Heimat.
Doch jetzt zu unserer abschließenden Zusammenfassung: Zunächst ist zu sagen, dass unser Roadtrip (von uns) perfekt organisiert war und wirklich Alles reibungslos funktioniert hat. Mit einer wenig ...

... homeless' in San Francisco. There are homeless sea lions that have taken up residence at Pier 39 (mind you, they have someone who comes along and cleans up after them and they don't have to hold a Starbucks cup in their snout). Our observations reveal that homeless people are amongst the most carbon neutral in the city, living 'under the stars', adopting the 'snail home' approach of carrying their goods and chattels in a shopping trolley (who ...

... this point it seemed that I had seen a fair few of LA's sights, but it seemed that no visit to La la Land would be complete without a visit to one of those big ole' theme parks, and so Sunday morning Brady and I rose early and headed to Six Flags Magic Mountain. Tip: If you're heading there buy your tix online - it saves $20. Magic Mountain is located in Valencia, just north of LA. The park sits on 263 acres of land and is jam packed with crazy rollercoasters. Being that we had ...

... the Wine Bar. Since then we have returned several times and the food and wine have always exceeded my expectations. The star at Bar Bambino is what it should be at a restaurant or cafe -- the food. My favorite thing on the menu is the basic cheese plate. They always serve ...

Today was a gentle start to the day and saw us having a leisurely breakfast followed by packing. Following our experiences of Air Newzealand being so pedantic about bags not being over $20 kgs, we decided to get one up on them and pack our esky with additional stuff to lighten the loads anyway! At least that way we shouldn't have to unpack in the middle of the airport as has happened on two occasions previously! Then - WALMART! Shopping for final goodies. Makeup is so ...

... their work for the homeless.........& there are some amount of homeless people in San Fran. Every street corner & area, quite sad to see them lying in cardboard boxes. Some of the residents here seem like complete loonies!! The one that made us laugh the most was this 70 year old granny in a electric wheelchair - dressed in wacky clothes with a flourescent green hairband on, flying past us yelling 'Lets fly charlie, Lets fly ...

... cool, die haben da sone Stripstange im Wohnzimmmer, einen Kamin mit einem weissen Fell davor... rote samtsofas etc.und das beste ein Kostümzimmer ;) Ich habe mich sehr amüsiert mit den verrückten Gästen, der gut gefülletn Bar und den Kostümen. Leider mussten wir schon gegen 1 abhauen, da ich ja heute zur uni musste und Allan um 4am nach Chicago geflogen ist. Heute morgen war dann kaum jmd. in der Uni ... und die hälfte die da war hatte n hangover(kater ...