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On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 21:30:09 GMT, Patty Winter wrote:
In article , descoloria wrote: Cindy, when in LA don't miss Griffith Park, the observatory and the Hollywood hills Just be sure to look at http://www.griffithobs.org/ to find out where the observatory is currently located. (Hint--it isn't on top of the hill. :-)) You can still drive or hike to the observatory to enjoy the views, you just can't go into the observatory. Zeyd |
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Family of 6 from Canada travelling from San Diego to San Fransisco and back (16 day trip). Dec. 17 - Jan 3 Kids are 6-14. Priorities are scenery, culture, dining, zoo/aquar, Disneyland, etc. Can anyone help with an itinerary? -- CanuckRider ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CanuckRider's Profile: http://travelforums.org/forums/member.php?userid=251 View this thread: http://travelforums.org/forums/showthread.php?t=11938 This post was submitted via http://www.TravelForums.org |
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Family of 6 from Canada travelling from San Diego to San Fransisco and back (16 day trip). Dec. 17 - Jan 3 Kids are 6-14. Priorities are scenery, culture, dining, zoo/aquar, Disneyland, etc. Can anyone help with an itinerary? -- CanuckRider ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CanuckRider's Profile: http://travelforums.org/forums/member.php?userid=251 View this thread: http://travelforums.org/forums/showthread.php?t=11938 This post was submitted via http://www.TravelForums.org |
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Your post is uniquely clear; however an answer would take pages.
I would recommend going to a good bookstore, look at the many travel books on California and decide which one/two suits you the best, and plan your own itinerary. I might mention particularly the Michelin Green Guide to California, which not only 'stars' cities and places in the cities/towns but has excellent maps including ones that indicate suggested itinararies. --One error the It gives Santa Barbara two stars, which definitely should have three. San Diego and SF deserve several days. LA also, but (I assume you are driving) requires a good map and a good wife to help with directions. If you have any specific questions e-mail me. "Iti is better to be vaguely right than precisely wrong. --J. M. Keynes |
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Your post is uniquely clear; however an answer would take pages.
I would recommend going to a good bookstore, look at the many travel books on California and decide which one/two suits you the best, and plan your own itinerary. I might mention particularly the Michelin Green Guide to California, which not only 'stars' cities and places in the cities/towns but has excellent maps including ones that indicate suggested itinararies. --One error the It gives Santa Barbara two stars, which definitely should have three. San Diego and SF deserve several days. LA also, but (I assume you are driving) requires a good map and a good wife to help with directions. If you have any specific questions e-mail me. "Iti is better to be vaguely right than precisely wrong. --J. M. Keynes |
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CanuckRider wrote in message ...
Family of 6 from Canada travelling from San Diego to San Fransisco and back (16 day trip). Dec. 17 - Jan 3 Kids are 6-14. Priorities are scenery, culture, dining, zoo/aquar, Disneyland, etc. Can anyone help with an itinerary? There are various suggested itineraries appearing on your other thread. I will not attempt such a comprehensive response. For SD, I would certainly suggest the Balboa Park area. There must be a half-a-dozen museums in the area, including one on photography and one with a very nice planetarium. For the LA area, I would of course suggest perhaps the Los Angeles County Art Museum, followed by a short jaunt north to the L.A. Farmer's Market and The Grove [I mentioned them several months ago on this thread (at least "this tread" if you are reading through Google)]. There's a wide variety of food choices in the Farmer's Market, and the open air market feeling is kind of nice. I would also suggest the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena. Also, if you can arrange to be in the LA area on New Year's morning, I would suggest catching the Rose Parade. You probably won't be able to get a room near the parade route, but there are several public transit options to the parade, and also finding parking near the eastern portion of the parade route would not be an impossible task. I saw the parade for the first time last year. I just caught a bus around 8:30 in the morning and rode the 8 miles or so north to Pasadena. The eastern end of the parade route was relatively uncrowded. A family of four would have no problem finding a vacant piece of sidewalk or road median to sit or stand on and watch the parade. No need for an overnight adventure [although I can imagine that the night outside before the parade is an experience in itself]. Also in the LA area, I would suggest the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. Of course, if you end up driving the coast route to SF, you can instead hit the Monterey Bay aquarium. TK |
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CanuckRider wrote in message ...
Family of 6 from Canada travelling from San Diego to San Fransisco and back (16 day trip). Dec. 17 - Jan 3 Kids are 6-14. Priorities are scenery, culture, dining, zoo/aquar, Disneyland, etc. Can anyone help with an itinerary? There are various suggested itineraries appearing on your other thread. I will not attempt such a comprehensive response. For SD, I would certainly suggest the Balboa Park area. There must be a half-a-dozen museums in the area, including one on photography and one with a very nice planetarium. For the LA area, I would of course suggest perhaps the Los Angeles County Art Museum, followed by a short jaunt north to the L.A. Farmer's Market and The Grove [I mentioned them several months ago on this thread (at least "this tread" if you are reading through Google)]. There's a wide variety of food choices in the Farmer's Market, and the open air market feeling is kind of nice. I would also suggest the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena. Also, if you can arrange to be in the LA area on New Year's morning, I would suggest catching the Rose Parade. You probably won't be able to get a room near the parade route, but there are several public transit options to the parade, and also finding parking near the eastern portion of the parade route would not be an impossible task. I saw the parade for the first time last year. I just caught a bus around 8:30 in the morning and rode the 8 miles or so north to Pasadena. The eastern end of the parade route was relatively uncrowded. A family of four would have no problem finding a vacant piece of sidewalk or road median to sit or stand on and watch the parade. No need for an overnight adventure [although I can imagine that the night outside before the parade is an experience in itself]. Also in the LA area, I would suggest the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. Of course, if you end up driving the coast route to SF, you can instead hit the Monterey Bay aquarium. TK |
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Todd Kunioka wrote: I saw the parade for the first time last year. I just caught a bus around 8:30 in the morning and rode the 8 miles or so north to Pasadena. The eastern end of the parade route was relatively uncrowded. A family of four would have no problem finding a vacant piece of sidewalk or road median to sit or stand on and watch the parade. No need for an overnight adventure [although I can imagine that the night outside before the parade is an experience in itself]. A friend and I browsed around Colorado Avenue the day before the parade, and were commenting on how nicely dressed the homeless people in Pasadena were. ;-) (In case that's too obscure, people start staking out spots on the sidewalk the day before the parade. Some are families who can't afford to pay for bleacher seats, but others obviously could but have chosen not to. They look like they just came out of one of the tony stores and set up lawn chairs. ;-)) I imagine it's pretty festive on New Year's Eve with all the thousands of folks camped out there. We stayed at a hotel and drove up to our reserved seats in the morning. Patty |
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In article ,
Todd Kunioka wrote: I saw the parade for the first time last year. I just caught a bus around 8:30 in the morning and rode the 8 miles or so north to Pasadena. The eastern end of the parade route was relatively uncrowded. A family of four would have no problem finding a vacant piece of sidewalk or road median to sit or stand on and watch the parade. No need for an overnight adventure [although I can imagine that the night outside before the parade is an experience in itself]. A friend and I browsed around Colorado Avenue the day before the parade, and were commenting on how nicely dressed the homeless people in Pasadena were. ;-) (In case that's too obscure, people start staking out spots on the sidewalk the day before the parade. Some are families who can't afford to pay for bleacher seats, but others obviously could but have chosen not to. They look like they just came out of one of the tony stores and set up lawn chairs. ;-)) I imagine it's pretty festive on New Year's Eve with all the thousands of folks camped out there. We stayed at a hotel and drove up to our reserved seats in the morning. Patty |
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