Ok. It will be my first big post. I decided to write it in English so my no-polish speaking friends can enjoy too. (Excuse me for all my mistakes and correct me everytime you want).
West coast preview - let's begin!
Second evening..., second dinner..., group B... ...my group and cooking time. Fortunetely, there was no complaining about dinner, it means that group B (Marcin, Sunny and me) made a good job.:D
>>>>Las Vegas
Day 3 - time to pack our belongings and move to... Las Vegas - the most populous city in the state of Nevada! We were on our way for about 7 hours. Somebody can say that propably we were sleeping for most ot the time in the ven but he will be wrong. Self-entertaining in the car worked fabulous. LOSER's Club RULEZ!!!
Yes, yes I had white stripes of peper on my forehead and everybody had purple letters on faces (which after all appear as a 'LOSER' - w bardzo pozytywnym tego slowa znaczeniu, czyli z glebokim zamruzeniem oka) ;D
Finally, we've got to our hotel (Alexis Hotel) in LV. I was the only person with room that I did not share with anybody. I figured out fast that it was great, because I could spend whole free time before dinner in bathtube - relaxing , insted of worring that other person wants to use bathroom too.
Time for dinner and Limo (Limuzyna) had come. I know that our limo did not look exactly like a limo that people used to see in movies, but, trust me, that was a limusine - not a 'WHITE BUS WITH A BAR' . It was my sister Anna who asked me what was the white bus with bar in Las Vegas?. Firstly, I thought she was talking about our ven, but it has no bar inside so I ask her 'which bus? there was no such bus!' and after while I realized that she propably was thinking about Limo. So funny!!! (te hehehehe...)
Limo - you can fell like a rock star! - That for sure! - especialy if you have champagne, wine, beer and shots of Tequila inside... I was wondering, from where limos came. And here is the answer: the word 'limousine' is derived from the name of the French region Limousin, and is associated with the long cloaks once worn by the shepherds there. Traditionally, the limousine has been an extension of a large sedan. Limousines are most commonly driven by chauffeurs.
Okey, and what do you think is the best to do after limo?
- of course night club.
Day 4 and Grand Canyon Scenic Flight from LV. The VEEERY expensive one (457$) and the very amazing one. That one included landing inside Grand Canyon - where we drunk a glass of champagne, had some snacks and what's more - we could even have a little conversation with a small desert squarel (tak zwana surykatka). I have made over one hundred fifty pictures during this flight, and I can say that there are not such words that would be proper to describe beaty of Grand Canyon, I'm sure that Bahareh and Mo, who decided to fly too, will agree with me about that. After all, Grand Canyon was called in 2006 as The eighth Wonder of the Ancient World.
Next day we visited Death Valley (190 feet below sea level). This National Park is situated between Naval Air Weapons Stanion China Lake and Neilis Test And Trainig Center. Other interesting thing is that Death Valley is the lowest place in US, and not far from it is The Sierra Nevada - mountain range which has the highest peaks in US (except Alaska) - Mount Whitney, at 14,505 feet (4,421 m). Amazing scenery; hiking; looking at sunset and exploring new point of view on constellation of the stars in California sky, at warm night, sitting close to camp-fire... could not be better.
>>>>Monterey - San Francisco - Palm Springs
San Fran - quick stop for mission burito (ogromniaste zreszta - nawet polowy nie zjadlam); brief trip around the city, unfortunately in the ven (but we still could smell Eucalyptus trees, that were introduced to California during California Gold Rush in 1850s and then planted in 1900s); a little time for short hiking through Golden Gate and... ...the end of the fabulous tour.
Of course Fabulous tour means fabulous people and fabulous peole used to continuing going out together. Sor do we! We went to the Irish Bar (I have now clue what was it name) and had great time. It was after 1 am when we come back to Ou Western Americania Hotel and decided to keep our being together going in '211'. After all there were only three survivers (Sean Christine and me) and '211' changed into '209'.
5.30 in the morning - time for me had come, I packed my belongings and set off to Ferry Building (Amtrak Station).
Now, I was on my 13-hours-way to Palm Springs. When I've got to the resort in PS, the only thing I wanted was the shower and the bed.
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West coast preview - let's begin!
>>>>Palm Springs - Los Angeles - San Diego
All my traveling began at Baltimore Airport, MD - March 16. I was flying to Dallas, TX (airport there is so huge!) to Palm Springs, CA. I had to get to Los Angeles to my Gateaway Hotel - The Hacienda Hotel. I've got there about 11 pm dog-tired. About half hour later my roommate come - Christine Nwankwo from UK.
The very next day, tour has started - at the lobby we met our tour leader - Sean Martin (definetely one of the best that I have ever met - good preparation, exeptional knowlegde, excellent driving skills and wild character all together); at the lobby Christine and I have met other trekkers as well: Marcin Lenkiewicz (jak sama nazwa wskazuje z Polski/Poland - first met person from my country since I have come to US), Sunyoun Kim 'Sunny'(Korea), Maggy Song (Korea), Marc White (UK), Jing You (China/UK), Robert Barnes (UK), Vicki Rutherford (Canada/Scotland), Bahareh Samadi (Canada/Iran), Mo Miah (UK), Adam Kott (USA), Danjana Robels (au pair also in Cultural Care Au Pair Program - Germany).
We did not have time to spend it in LA so we moved straight to San Diego. We were on route few hours there. '2211 Pacific Beach Dr - Campland on the Bay', our camp place. we built our tents (that kind was pretty easy to make it stand up - compering to my last tent in Polish Internation Scouts Jamboree in August 2007). After that some of us decided to go to San Diego Zoo and part of group went to downtown (Sean, our tour leader figured out that it was possible). I chose Zoo and I enjoyed it very much - pandas are so cute, and that Spectackled Bear!
Title of the next day was: 'SeaWorld Adventure'. The best was Journey to Atlantis - falling down was terrifying (especially that I was sitting in a first row and had never done such thing). Just stop movie and look at Christine and me - you will laugh for a long time, guarantee!!! It was really wet day, which has nothing common with the weather (it was very nice that day), Shamu, seals and shipwreck made themself!
We did not have time to spend it in LA so we moved straight to San Diego. We were on route few hours there. '2211 Pacific Beach Dr - Campland on the Bay', our camp place. we built our tents (that kind was pretty easy to make it stand up - compering to my last tent in Polish Internation Scouts Jamboree in August 2007). After that some of us decided to go to San Diego Zoo and part of group went to downtown (Sean, our tour leader figured out that it was possible). I chose Zoo and I enjoyed it very much - pandas are so cute, and that Spectackled Bear!
Title of the next day was: 'SeaWorld Adventure'. The best was Journey to Atlantis - falling down was terrifying (especially that I was sitting in a first row and had never done such thing). Just stop movie and look at Christine and me - you will laugh for a long time, guarantee!!! It was really wet day, which has nothing common with the weather (it was very nice that day), Shamu, seals and shipwreck made themself!
Second evening..., second dinner..., group B... ...my group and cooking time. Fortunetely, there was no complaining about dinner, it means that group B (Marcin, Sunny and me) made a good job.:D
>>>>Las Vegas
Day 3 - time to pack our belongings and move to... Las Vegas - the most populous city in the state of Nevada! We were on our way for about 7 hours. Somebody can say that propably we were sleeping for most ot the time in the ven but he will be wrong. Self-entertaining in the car worked fabulous. LOSER's Club RULEZ!!!
Yes, yes I had white stripes of peper on my forehead and everybody had purple letters on faces (which after all appear as a 'LOSER' - w bardzo pozytywnym tego slowa znaczeniu, czyli z glebokim zamruzeniem oka) ;D
Finally, we've got to our hotel (Alexis Hotel) in LV. I was the only person with room that I did not share with anybody. I figured out fast that it was great, because I could spend whole free time before dinner in bathtube - relaxing , insted of worring that other person wants to use bathroom too.
Time for dinner and Limo (Limuzyna) had come. I know that our limo did not look exactly like a limo that people used to see in movies, but, trust me, that was a limusine - not a 'WHITE BUS WITH A BAR' . It was my sister Anna who asked me what was the white bus with bar in Las Vegas?. Firstly, I thought she was talking about our ven, but it has no bar inside so I ask her 'which bus? there was no such bus!' and after while I realized that she propably was thinking about Limo. So funny!!! (te hehehehe...)
Limo - you can fell like a rock star! - That for sure! - especialy if you have champagne, wine, beer and shots of Tequila inside... I was wondering, from where limos came. And here is the answer: the word 'limousine' is derived from the name of the French region Limousin, and is associated with the long cloaks once worn by the shepherds there. Traditionally, the limousine has been an extension of a large sedan. Limousines are most commonly driven by chauffeurs.
Okey, and what do you think is the best to do after limo?
- of course night club.
Dancing - means barszczyk's time, but I wasn't alone, Sean appears as crazy dancer as me, too - AAAAAAAOOOOOOO!
>>>>Grand Canyon Scenic Flight - Death Valley
>>>>Grand Canyon Scenic Flight - Death Valley
Day 4 and Grand Canyon Scenic Flight from LV. The VEEERY expensive one (457$) and the very amazing one. That one included landing inside Grand Canyon - where we drunk a glass of champagne, had some snacks and what's more - we could even have a little conversation with a small desert squarel (tak zwana surykatka). I have made over one hundred fifty pictures during this flight, and I can say that there are not such words that would be proper to describe beaty of Grand Canyon, I'm sure that Bahareh and Mo, who decided to fly too, will agree with me about that. After all, Grand Canyon was called in 2006 as The eighth Wonder of the Ancient World.
Next day we visited Death Valley (190 feet below sea level). This National Park is situated between Naval Air Weapons Stanion China Lake and Neilis Test And Trainig Center. Other interesting thing is that Death Valley is the lowest place in US, and not far from it is The Sierra Nevada - mountain range which has the highest peaks in US (except Alaska) - Mount Whitney, at 14,505 feet (4,421 m). Amazing scenery; hiking; looking at sunset and exploring new point of view on constellation of the stars in California sky, at warm night, sitting close to camp-fire... could not be better.
...or maybe it could! - It was time to say 'godbye Death Valley' and 'good morning long (ten hours) way to Marina' and that was it! - long way but with such great surroudings (The Sierra Nevada range, green landscapes in Monterey County) that I could see from the best place, in front of the ven - I knew which day choose to sit there:D.
Seven in the morning, very cold and we are leaving our sleeping place in Marina. Short stop in Carmel and then hiking in Point Lobos State Reserve. I know that I already use this sentense many times but THERE was so BEAUTIFUL! And then we moved, crossing the City of Gilroy - Garlic Capital of the World! And the time for the city of the last stop had come.
San Fran - quick stop for mission burito (ogromniaste zreszta - nawet polowy nie zjadlam); brief trip around the city, unfortunately in the ven (but we still could smell Eucalyptus trees, that were introduced to California during California Gold Rush in 1850s and then planted in 1900s); a little time for short hiking through Golden Gate and... ...the end of the fabulous tour.
Of course Fabulous tour means fabulous people and fabulous peole used to continuing going out together. Sor do we! We went to the Irish Bar (I have now clue what was it name) and had great time. It was after 1 am when we come back to Ou Western Americania Hotel and decided to keep our being together going in '211'. After all there were only three survivers (Sean Christine and me) and '211' changed into '209'.
5.30 in the morning - time for me had come, I packed my belongings and set off to Ferry Building (Amtrak Station).
'BONUSIK' - Bonus material
...I really miss you guys
Now, I was on my 13-hours-way to Palm Springs. When I've got to the resort in PS, the only thing I wanted was the shower and the bed.
Those several days with my host family in Palm Springs were very nice. I met Kristy's brother - Dan, his wife and kids. Kristy's Father came there as well. It was a family jamboree and I did not must to take care of Mason and Casey as much as normal (mainly only during their naps) - and Casey has been naping for four hours during those days. I could enjoy that nice and warm climate.
Unfortunately everything that's good ends fast, and I had to say goodbye to The West and go back to Arnold. Between our flights, in Dallas,TX, after lunch I took Mason on my arms and he fall asleep as much as possible... (I love this picture of us that Kristy made - it is so cute!). I just love this family!!!
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