Day 1: 25th march '06 The Big Sur drive on the picturesque pacific coast...greeeeeeen hills on one side and the ocean on the other! With extremely, interestingly great and long chats with friends on all ranges of topics. Took pictures while stopping on all the 'vista' points with a brave attempt to set a foot into the brrrrrrr coooold waters of the Pacific...mannn the cold seeped through to the tip of my head, that too when the sun was high up!!!! Some shopping for electronic equipment for survival here and of course food....!!! how could I miss that....yummy karnataka meals at Dasprakash, a tall, latte, blah and blah...coffee:) at Starbucks, masala idli and masala chai at Woodlands served by chetta:) And of course a peek into their 'town house' basically a triplex;) which is yet to be explored. Special mention - the warmth and comfort and ease which you can feel only with old friends who are so easy to talk to:)
Day2: 26the March '06 San Fransisco here we come!! After a heavy breakfast at the hotel buffet with the cousins...a power nap while on the drive reached the Golden Gate...hmmm this is where the angel-whitelighters meet up in 'Charmed'!!:) After the 'been there, done that' snaps moved on to the fun clicking. The vision of the guy who built this is simply amazing - he put in a 6 lane bridge in the early 1900s when SF had only 250 cars!!!!! Deve Gowda and family should take a lesson or 2....Next was the Miur woods - the redwood trees hikes...after a bit of walking with non-walking, impractical footwear and not seeing any redwood trees, the sight of the trees when we actually got there was cathartic to say the least....could just feel the calm seeping in, the cold felt beautiful and the foot ache vanished! Moved to 'Crooked street' after lunch...well kudos to the Americans for making the best of a tiny opportunity to push something like this to a world famous tourist spot! The road slopes down (a few degrees more than the slope-iest Banashankari road) and these guys have just made it go zig zag and lo! you have the 'crooked street of the world'!! Headed next to the twin peaks with a beatiful view of the SF city and chilly winds...then to Fisherman' s Wharf towards dusk. There were sea lions crooning away...a full of activity coastal delight place. Alcatraz was there beckoning...hmmmm well next time maybe:) got amazing shots..the sky was beautiful...shopped a bit and went off to Ghirardelli the chocolate factory...ordered huge the sinful looking icecreams and the calorie count was climbing...soared! Wont ask people for ice cream for a while now :- 'Lets try a late night movie on imax' was the next item on their enthusiastic list! My eyes were closing of their own accord, but I said 'sure I am game!!'...greeeeeed! Found it impractical after a parking drama and headed back to silicon city! All I remember is waking up in front of my hotel.
Day2: 26the March '06 San Fransisco here we come!! After a heavy breakfast at the hotel buffet with the cousins...a power nap while on the drive reached the Golden Gate...hmmm this is where the angel-whitelighters meet up in 'Charmed'!!:) After the 'been there, done that' snaps moved on to the fun clicking. The vision of the guy who built this is simply amazing - he put in a 6 lane bridge in the early 1900s when SF had only 250 cars!!!!! Deve Gowda and family should take a lesson or 2....Next was the Miur woods - the redwood trees hikes...after a bit of walking with non-walking, impractical footwear and not seeing any redwood trees, the sight of the trees when we actually got there was cathartic to say the least....could just feel the calm seeping in, the cold felt beautiful and the foot ache vanished! Moved to 'Crooked street' after lunch...well kudos to the Americans for making the best of a tiny opportunity to push something like this to a world famous tourist spot! The road slopes down (a few degrees more than the slope-iest Banashankari road) and these guys have just made it go zig zag and lo! you have the 'crooked street of the world'!! Headed next to the twin peaks with a beatiful view of the SF city and chilly winds...then to Fisherman' s Wharf towards dusk. There were sea lions crooning away...a full of activity coastal delight place. Alcatraz was there beckoning...hmmmm well next time maybe:) got amazing shots..the sky was beautiful...shopped a bit and went off to Ghirardelli the chocolate factory...ordered huge the sinful looking icecreams and the calorie count was climbing...soared! Wont ask people for ice cream for a while now :- 'Lets try a late night movie on imax' was the next item on their enthusiastic list! My eyes were closing of their own accord, but I said 'sure I am game!!'...greeeeeed! Found it impractical after a parking drama and headed back to silicon city! All I remember is waking up in front of my hotel.
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