A tour of San Francisco and its coast, down to Monterey and Santa Cruz, United States

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finally returning to the U.S. this year and choose the California parks. with our traveling companions: Lorenza, Fabrizio, Francesco and rent a van that takes us to the airport of Bologna ... where we stop in Monaco of Bavaria before arriving in San Francisco in the evening of August 5, 2005.
Monticello Inn our hotel is very centrally located and very nice ... ..
immediately begin the day after visiting the city ... brrrrrrrrr that cold, I recommend to bring warm clothes because especially in the morning is very very cold ... take the last stop on our cable cars, which brings us to the famous Lombard Street ... that is the way to a more tortuous world .... the view from there is very nice ... you can see the whole city with all its ups and downs .. that effort ... ... come to the famous Pier 39, a beautiful pier where you're lucky if you see the sea lions ... and where we can also see Alcatraz. is exposed to the beautiful colored fruit ... and you can even eat the New England chowder, cream of clams and potatoes served in a round bread crumbs ... there are no attacks to eat but ... .. Ghirardelli Square also visit with his chocolate factory ..
cross the North Beach Italian neighborhood with the beautiful church of S. Pietro e Paolo and the famous Coit Tower ... then to Chinatown, very colorful, and then arrive in the financial district where there is the tallest building in San Francisco Transamerica pyramid ...
the second day we start from the civic center, where there is the City Hall (City Hall) with its beautiful dome ... and come to the famous Golden Gate Bridge ... that was cold and raining ... well we could not see well because c ' was so much fog that enveloped him ... walked across the park will also close to the famous conservatory of flower (greenhouse) and the Academy of Sciences. ... we take the bus to finally take the car on the California coast ... we bring to the withdrawal of the machine have some problem with payment but without problems then they solve ... automoniti decide to return to the gold gate bridge and then set off towards the ... costs during breathtaking journey we met ... the first step and Santa Cruz is famous for its playground on the beach ... where staying in a nice motel ... ..
the day after we leave for Monterey, where we see many sea lions and many other fantastic landscapes ... through the 17 mile drive, a beautiful road along the golf course and super luxurious villas and then drops to caramel, very nice location, with local restaurants in ... one of these we stop even to eat ...
we depart and travel up into the night without finding a soul around, to get to Bakersfield ... our next destination is Las Vegas ...