Hi, I live in Southern California and just made a trip to the Bay Area for my son's graduation from Berkeley (including a stop in Monterey on the return trip).
Things that I would recommend in the SF area: - The Golden Gate Bridge - China Town - The Cable Car Powerhouse and Museum - Fisherman's Wharf and Ghirardelli Square - Golden Gate Park Below is a list from http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/3f730/b870f/ that I pretty much agree with. As far as the drive south, I would make my stop in Monterey and see Cannery Row and the Aquarium in Pacific Grove. This was the setting for John Steinbeck's "Cannery Row" and has both historical and scenic appeal. In the Los Angeles area the major attractions probably break down into amusement parks, museums and 'other'. Most of the amusement parks have a lot in common. Universal City is close in and something that can work for a 4+ hour visit. Disneyland and the group in Orange County take longer to reach, cost more to enter and really require an entire day to make the venture worthwhile. As far as museums, there are many but three good bets are the Norton Simon in Pasadena, The Getty in Westwood (requires advance parking reservation) and the Los Angeles County Museam of Art [LACMA] (which is co-located with the Tar Pits. The other category would include things like the Tar Pits, The Queen Mary and the Harbor areas in Long Beach and San Pedro, the Griffith Park Observatory and Planetarium (just above the Hollywood sign), the Farmer's Market (near LACMA), the Santa Monica Pier, Will Rodgers State Park (on Sunset, more or less on the way to Santa Monica or Malibu). If you've only got one or two days, I might skip the amusement parks as they are not that much different from amusement parks anywhere. Dan List from above SF web site - all the following written by the poster. --------------------------------- It is hard to pick highlights, but if I was pressed for time I would pick these *** Union Square*** Chinatown*** North Beach**** Embarcadero (Justin Herman Plaza/Ferry Building***) Pier 39*** and Fisherman's Wharf*** Aquatic Park*** (nearby Ghirardelli Square**) Martime Museum Marina Greens*** Exploratorium Palace of Fine Arts*** Golden Gate Promenade/Crissy Fields Fort Point Golden Gate Bridge*** Baker Beach California Palace of Legion of Honor, Museum in Seacliff District Cliff House*** & Seal Rocks Ocean Beach Dutch Windmill Here are 2 options - -Great Highway to the SF Zoo or -Cut into Golden Gate Park*** (via John F. Kennedy Drive) In Golden Gate Park there's Buffalo Paddock (i.e. live buffalo in a pasture) Spreckles Lake Stow Lake (duck feeding!) Strybing Arboretum & Botanical Gardens Japanese Tea Garden California Academy of Sciences*** On 6/16/2010 11:13 PM, Bruno Lowagie wrote: > Daniel Essin wrote: > >> northern or southern? >> > The plan is to fly to San Francisco. > Spend some days there. > Do some business in Palo Alto. > Then drive from SF to LA in two days > (spending the night somewhere in between). > Spend one or two days in LA, > then fly back to Europe from LA. > > That's the plan for the time being ;-) > best regards, > Bruno > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > Buy the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ > Check the site with examples before you ask questions: > http://www.1t3xt.info/examples/ > You can also search the keywords list: http://1t3xt.info/tutorials/keywords/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Check the site with examples before you ask questions: http://www.1t3xt.info/examples/ You can also search the keywords list: http://1t3xt.info/tutorials/keywords/
