A look at the weather

héhé I just love it
When we’ll be at Bodie :

when we’ll be in Yosemite Park :

this post is completely pointless, but if you could see the weather we actually have in Stockholm, you would understand why I’m so happy to see that the sun will be welcoming us ;o)

What we would like to see in San Francisco

I’ve always wanted to go to San Francisco, it was my dream. And when your dream is just around the corner, you want to make sure you won’t miss or forget anything. I have a list of “things I want to see” more or less ready since many years, so that was a good starting point. And we also had the chance of having one of our colleagues that was born there. She was a very precious help!

You don’t need a car when you live downtown San Francisco, from what I heard it’s even recommended not to have one. The parking spots are tricky to find and really expensive. Furthermore the public transportation is very good. Of course we will take the cable car .

Here is a list of what we would like  to see:

The trip

First of all, I thought it would be wise to tell a bit more about the trip. We’ll go on Sunday 31st of august, 6.20AM (ouch!) and be back the 12th of September…if everything goes well

After a short period in San Francisco to recover from the jetlag, we will go to a ghost town: Bodie. That’s quite a long trip so we decided to book a night at a hotel nearby the Mono Lake, a few miles away from Bodie.

Then of course we will spend a day at the Yosemite National Park. This looks huge! With a lot to see, a lot to do. I guess we won’t have the time to visit everything in one day, that’s why we booked another night outside the park.

So, this is what is planned. I must say I’m not too found about planned vacations, but we’ve been told it was better to book rooms during the high season.

We will also spend a day in the Sonoma valley for some wine testing. We’ve been told it was better to go there rather than to the Napa Valley.

I’m a big fan of Jack Kerouac and Henry Miller so this trip to California wouldn’t be complete without a day at Big Sur :) This is gonna be a lovely journey along the coast road!

Then, of course, San Francisco! The Golden gate bridge, Alcatraz, the cable car,Chinatown..well it’s a long list

For those of you who would like to visualize a bit more :