Sue actually hosted us the whole time, except for a couple days when we took a trip to see the wonderful Yosemite National Park. Truly a spectacle to behold.
Sue also took us to see Big Sur and Santa Cruz, which is the town where she lives. Santa Cruz was unusually cold this year for the middle of July, and as soon as you left its surroundings the temperature spiked up and the sky turned a marvelous shade of blue.
She also watched the kids for a day while Ray and I went to check out San Francisco, only about an hour drive away. What a charming city that is. The amount of time we spent there was very short, but enough to fall in love with it. It is truly one of the most beautiful cities I've ever been to and can't wait to see it again.
While there, we visited the Castro district and took a boat tour of the bay, which was great except for the quite inclement weather, sort of a fixture of this area though. We also crossed the Golden Gate bridge (Vittorio, you'd love it, since you love bridges) and checked out the view from neighboring Sausalito.
Finally, we went to Capitola and also to the recently opened aquarium, where I took many pictures with a brand new digital SLR Canon camera I just bought before the trip.
In fact, I took over 1,300 pictures, all in all (yeah, I know, sounds crazy, but taking pictures is a passion of mine and with this super-duper camera I just couldn't contain myself...), and I'll be posting the best ones every now and then, starting with a few right now.
View of the breathtaking California coastline en route to Big Sur:
One of the amazing things that Ray and I were surprised about was that the coastline, rather than being developed to the impossible, with tons of houses overcrowding each other, was almost completely devoid of them, allowing you to enjoy its natural beauty.
Nicole and Danny during a break on our first day trip, again, to Big Sur. Following, Ray and Sue in the same area.
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