Borja's last day at Google was on August 19th and that same day my parent's arrived to California.
The next day we stayed near Mountain View, we went to Stanford University in Palo Alto,CA and then to a shopping mall near the university. After that we went to Santana Row in San Jose, CA, there we did some window shopping and we sat at a Mexican restaurant/bar with live music for a while.
On Sunday there was a very prestigious auto show in Pebble Beach called Concours d'Elegance, so we drove early in the morning to Carmel and after we dropped Borja and my dad in the auto show my mom and I went to Point of Lobos National Park and then we walked around Carmel. Around 5pm we picked up Borja and my dad from Pebble Beach and went back to Mountain View.
The next two days we went to San Francisco, we drove a part of the 49 Mile Scenic Drive and we went to the Palace of Fine Arts, Golden Gate, Fisherman's Wharf, Pier 39, Union Square, Finance District, Conservatory of Flowers, Japanese Gardens and Alamo Square.
Wednesday was shopping day so we went back to the Stanford Shopping Mall and then to a big mall in San Jose. We were supposed to have dinner that day in Santana Row but we were so tired from shopping that we went early to bed.
Thursday and Friday we went to Yosemite National Park, which is about 4 hours from Mountain View. This park is amazing, I loved it. We where most of the time in the Yosemite Valley, walked to two waterfalls, we saw El Capitan and the Half Dome, and just enjoyed nature! We went to the hotel before dust and had dinner there. On Friday in the morning after breakfast we went to Mariposa Grove, that is where all the Giant Sequoias are, and stayed there for almost 3 hours. Then we had lunch in the Wawona Hotel, which is inside the park. After lunch we drove back to Mountain view and started packing.
The next day my parents flew back to Mexico so I drove them to the airport while Borja stayed at home packing and we just packed all day and got ready for our first rod trip day.
Lombard Street
Palace of Fine Arts
Alamo Square
Alamo Square looking at the Painted Laides
Great idea!! To put a plant in a shoe hehe
Conservatory of Flowers at the Golden Gate park:
Japanese Gardens at the Golden Gate Park (here is where the fortune cookies were invented):
Yosemite National Park:
Yosemite Valley
El Capitan
Bridalveil Fall
Practicing yoga at Yosemite Fall
The Half Dome
The dog posing for a picture!
Tunnel View
Sequoia root
Admiring the giant Sequoia
Inside the Sequoia
