It’s been now a couple of days since we left
California and I thought to write some thoughts about our experiences. For the
most part the trip went pretty smoothly and as planned without any bigger
surprises or misfortunes. Our trip went as follows: 8 days NYC, 3 days LA, 2
days SD, 3 days LV, 3 days SF and 1 day Santa Barbara. Afterwards it can be
said that New York and San Francisco were my favorites. NY was literally a city
that never sleeps and full of life. I also really liked that it was very easy
to travel there with the subway. No matters at what time you want to get
somewhere, the subway runs. Although we had the possibility to visit very many
places and attractions in the city, 8 days weren’t enough and I want to back
there in the near future, most preferably during summer time to see the Central
Park like it’s known. In California and especially in LA you can’t do really
anything without a car. The distances are so big and there’s like no public
transportation. Since there are about 20 million people living there and
everybody is driving a car, it takes sometimes many hours to get from one place
to another. Being used to queue free traffic, LA was not for us :) We had bad
luck with the weather in San Diego as it rained for the most time we were
there. Besides that, in our opinions it’s more a summer city and during winter
time there’s not that much to do. The beaches are definitely wonderful in the
summer and there are many golf courses around the city. So if you’re a surfer or
a golfer, the city is perfect!
Las Vegas was a place from which we all had the
opinion that it was nice to go there once but there’s no reason to again. The
Canyons really saved our Vegas trip because they’re amazing. Next time I wanna
upgrade the Canyons and book a helicopter flight :) they weren’t actually that
expensive, for example in a 4 hour trip from Vegas did cost around
$300/person. After Vegas we drove
through the desert to Reno and after the night continued to San Francisco. We
all liked Frisco a lot. The atmosphere there was really cool and the city felt
kind of cosy and homely. The only negative aspect was the fact that the public
transport basically is closed after midnight so it’s better to book a hotel in
the city center and not outside the center like we did.. If I’d move to USA
some day, the smaller cities at the Pacific would be nice places to live in.
Towns like Santa Barbara, Santa Monica and Laguna Beach all were pretty
beautiful with their beaches and small mountains on the other side but they’re
not the cheapest places to find a home :)
