The flicks from California

Here are some pics with comments from my trip to Cali ... the rest of them can be found here

Updated: You can now view the videoes we took on the trip!!!


Venice beach LA, California (video)


Japanese Tea Garden - San Francisco (video)



Partying it up at Ruby Sky in San Francisco



Walking around the streets of San Fran



Ilyia got lost, ended up in Japan! :) ... actually he didn't make it beyond the Japanese Garden in Golden Gate park.



A pack of Sea lions moaning at night near the infamous Pier 39 in San Francisco



A view of Alcatraz prison island of the shore of San Francisco



Welcome to heaven ... I mean the pacific coast drive to LA


This is some of the most amazing scenery I've ever seen!


The drive along the pacific coast highway goes along the shore and through the mountains and has some of the most amazing scenery imaginable! I hightly recommend this rout to LA.



The beautiful Santa Barbara; also famous for the clasic tv show entitled "Santa Barbara" 8)



Arrived to LA



View of LA from the Getty museum building.


Chilling with Ilyia, Steve and Juliet in Santa Monica



IMO this is the nicest house (from outside) on Rodeo drive in Beverly Hills



A rizing star director in Hollywood!

  
Hollywood sign and the walk of fame. Hollywood was a major disapointment, it reminds me a lot of the Niagara city downtown near the Niagra falls.



I've arrived at Venice beach! This is one of the nicest beaches in LA.


More views of Venice beach.



The weirdest car I've ever seen! Taken on highway 405 in LA.



The drive back to San Francisco

Trip to California

This past thanksgiving I went on a trip to California. It was a great opportunity to visit my friend Ilyia and to explore the life and scenery of California. All of the pictures from that trip can be found here

I flew in to San Francisco on Wednesday night and chilled with Ilyia in San Fran for a day and a half; While there, we checked out some of the San Fancisco night life and explored a few interesting parts of the city. We then took a road trip down the coastal highway towards LA. That coastal highway goes right on the coast and has some astonishing views.

On the way to LA we stopped in Santa Barbara and took the opportunity to explore the night life there, as well as various parts of this beautiful city. My impression is that the city is very beautiful but in many ways kind of fake.

We then proceeded to LA and met up there with Steve, our friend from University. Steve showed us around the lively Santa Monica and after going bar hopping with Steve and some of his friends, we ended up crashing at his place.

In the morning we went to explore various sites in LA, including UCLA, Beverly Hills, Hollywood and Venice beach. In the evening we drove off back to San Fran, where I hopped an early flight the next morning.

I have to admit that I was very impressed with California and I really liked the weather there and the scenery for the most part. It was an awesome trip and already seems kind of unreal, having returned to a completely different climate in Seattle.

Stay tuned for more selected pictures coming up in the next post ;)