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Silicon Valley
Hi, everybody
I'm looking for some options to know entreprises and interesting places in Silicon Valley in my next trip to California. Can someone suggest me something like vacation packages or similar for this purpose? Obviously, I'll include main cities like LA, San Diego, San Francisco and more. Thanks a lot Luis |
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Jim Logajan wrote:
(LuisMedina) wrote: interesting places in Silicon Valley . . . San Francisco and more. The Tech Museum in San Jose. My technical knowledge is minimal. I found the museum pleasant but unenlightening. Although I've not yet visited it, I hear that the Children's Museum is much better. Lick observatory on Mount Hamilton. Downtown Los Gatos. Stanford University. The world's worst roller-coaster (The Grizzly) is at Great America in Santa Clara but it has some good steel-coasters. I recommend a visit to The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum and the Winchester Mystery House. I've been to each several times and plan to return several more. For what to see and do in San Francisco, please visit the "Don't-miss Sights!" http://geocities.com/iconoc/Articles/Sights.html page at the site at Right in the sig. __________________________________________________ _________________ Un San Francisqueño en San Francisco. http://geocities.com/dancefest/ - http://geocities.com/iconoc/ ICQ: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/19098103 --- IClast at SFbay Net |
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Icono Clast wrote on Sun 17 Apr 2005 09:39:27p
Jim Logajan wrote: The Tech Museum in San Jose. My technical knowledge is minimal. I found the museum pleasant but unenlightening. Although I've not yet visited it, I hear that the Children's Museum is much better. I recommend a visit to The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum and the Winchester Mystery House. I've been to each several times and plan to return several more. Hi all, I'm back in Australia now. Thanks for all your recommendations last month about San Jose, although as it turns out I really only had one afternoon there and spent 3 days in Seattle and one in San Francisco, so I went to the Winchester Mystery House and enjoyed it a lot. Tip: Do a morning tour, because the guides' voices are totally fscked by 17:00... The public transport in San Jose was excellent (helped that I stayed opposite a light rail station, but the buses were good too, suffering only the usual traffic-delays that one expects in a city), and the CalTrain service to SF was pretty good too - although I was kinda intimidated by the size of the train carriages - it looked like an ocean liner was pulling up in front of me! Had brilliant clear sunshiney weather for Alcatraz too. Hah! to my friend who's tried to go twice and been fogged out both times :-) -- Chris Concatenate for email: mrgazpacho @ hotmail . com |
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Icono Clast wrote on Sun 17 Apr 2005 09:39:27p
Jim Logajan wrote: The Tech Museum in San Jose. My technical knowledge is minimal. I found the museum pleasant but unenlightening. Although I've not yet visited it, I hear that the Children's Museum is much better. I recommend a visit to The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum and the Winchester Mystery House. I've been to each several times and plan to return several more. Hi all, I'm back in Australia now. Thanks for all your recommendations last month about San Jose, although as it turns out I really only had one afternoon there and spent 3 days in Seattle and one in San Francisco, so I went to the Winchester Mystery House and enjoyed it a lot. Tip: Do a morning tour, because the guides' voices are totally fscked by 17:00... The public transport in San Jose was excellent (helped that I stayed opposite a light rail station, but the buses were good too, suffering only the usual traffic-delays that one expects in a city), and the CalTrain service to SF was pretty good too - although I was kinda intimidated by the size of the train carriages - it looked like an ocean liner was pulling up in front of me! Had brilliant clear sunshiney weather for Alcatraz too. Hah! to my friend who's tried to go twice and been fogged out both times :-) -- Chris Concatenate for email: mrgazpacho @ hotmail . com |
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"Chris Kuan" wrote in message . 2.59... The public transport in San Jose was excellent (helped that I stayed opposite a light rail station, but the buses were good too, suffering only the usual traffic-delays that one expects in a city), .... The first time I've seen this statement. And it may be true if you pick your location carefully. But it's not true in the far-flung housing developments and suburbs. Marianne |
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LuisMedina wrote: Hi, everybody I'm looking for some options to know entreprises and interesting places in Silicon Valley in my next trip to California. Stanford University is about the only interesting place in Silicon Valley I can think of that would be open to the general public. Rodin sculpture garden, central church and the surrounding quad are interesting, but unfortunately the architecture of the rest of the campus has been subordinated to 'blend in' with that of the quad, with extremely tedious results. Berkeley is much more interesting architecturally. Can someone suggest me something like vacation packages or similar for this purpose? Obviously, I'll include main cities like LA, San Diego, San Francisco and more. Eh? Sounds like you're talking about all California, not just Silicon Valley. Thanks a lot Luis |
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"Mimi" wrote on Mon 18 Apr 2005 02:50:30a
"Chris Kuan" wrote in message . 2.59... The public transport in San Jose was excellent (helped that I stayed opposite a light rail station, but the buses were good too, suffering only the usual traffic-delays that one expects in a city), .... The first time I've seen this statement. And it may be true if you pick your location carefully. But it's not true in the far-flung housing developments and suburbs. As an international tourist, I would be unlikely to stay in such locations :-) -- Chris Concatenate for email: mrgazpacho @ hotmail . com |
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Actually, it's still pretty good, but you need to remember that it is
physically a very large area - don't expect the public transit system to get you all way across the county in 20 minutes (especially when the buses are sharing the same roads as the other commuters)! It's still true that public transit systems tend to be a notch lower in most suburban communities throughout the country (and the world, for that matter), but for what it's worth, the bus and light rail system in the Santa Clara Valley is one of the better ones at connecting "far-flung" communities. |
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