"David Hatunen" wrote in message
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On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 10:41:54 -0400, MLD wrote:

LA? Wine country? Are you sure you're not thinking of San Francisco? San
Francisco proper is much smaller than most would imagine, only 49 square
miles, about seven miles by seven miles. Although the locals have chronic
complaints about local transit, it's actually pretty good. And quite a
bit of fun what with the cable cars, old street cars/trams and the Metro.
You can gt almost anywhere within San Francisco on foot or transit.

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You're right--my screw up--I got the two places mixed up.
In either case, when we hit a big city our approach is to take one of the
big city tours---preferably a "Hop-On-Hop Off" if available. This gives us
the lay of the land and then having seen the highlights, we can go back to
where we'd like to see more or just move on to bigger and better. The
organized tour is a good introduction of a city and well worth it. In
London, for example, the Red and Blue Bus Tour was a Hop-ON-Hop Off-- and
with it came a complete city tour on both tour lines, a ticket for boat ride
down the Thames and a guided walking tour the next day. After that we were
on our own using public transportation. Deciding where to go was much
easier after seeing much of the city via the Bus Tours.
MLD