23 San Francisco & Los Angeles

San Francisco is a beautifully colorful city with hills, climbing streets and nice architecture. People are healthy and fit, probably because of the steep streets. If you walk is an exercise. If you ride a bike is a training. Lost of tourists and lots of entertainment on the streets. They say that San Fran is the most beautiful US cities and the best to live in. Everybody loves it.
You need a windstopper here. The fog is very common and temperatures don't exceed 25 celsius in summer. So people go in water only with water suits. We've seen the Coit Tower and the city with the bridge. Alcatraz is 70$. You can do a 49 mile scenic drive through the city. if you have a rented car, do scenic drives like these, because it is a great way to see the city. You get used to the city traffic, and it's not worse than driving in Ljubljana.
We stayed in an old hotel with old elevator. Every building has an elevator, because of the hilly treets and narrow many story houses. Parking is very strict and expensive, similar to Chicago center. Here it has to do with hills.
So San Francisco is really colorful and alive city. We loved it. The people, the weather, the hills, the streets.

Geary Street on Union Square

Filbert Street

Breakfast at Joe's

Coit Tower http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coit_Tower

SF skyline 

 Lombard Street - we drove it, lots of tourists though

 Alcatraz

 25 degree steep streets

 Coit Tower

Car for me 

The Golden Gate bridge 

Buffalo/Bison

 San Fran from Twin Peaks

 Johnny Blue Eyes

Big Sur scenic drive 

 Condors

Flying 2m above your head  

Sea elephants come to California to raise their young

Santa Barbara 

Paul was hitchhiking on Big Sur road, he's been on the road across America for 9 months. He has some great stories

Los angeles. The end my only friend the end. The Doors, Hollywood, sun, beach, big city. City of stars, and big 6 lane highways. L.A. is the second biggest city of US (12M) behind New York and in front of Chicago. We stayed 3 nights in a motel. It is hot. Lots of beaches. Hollywood has these 2 streets of stars on the pavement and many interesting stores like 2 hand vintage clothes, where you can find every outfit there is. Hollywood is all about image and style. You can wear what you want, like in most of american cities. Cinema theaters are most expensive in Los Angeles. Funny.

We went to visit Olga, a cousin of my grandfahers. She hasn't been in Slovenia for 45 years. She does many interesting things. She is a kiropractic, a painter, plays acordian and has this great '73 Cadillac Seville.
There is only one old cinema theatre in whole Los Angeles that plays old movies and what a theatre it is! It is called Old Town Music Hall and it has a Wurlitzer pipe organ. The owner plays it before the main movie. Ticket is 8 dollars.
The pacific beach is one thing to come to Los Angeles for. The waves are great not only to throw yourself in them but also for surf and sport.

Capitol Records 

 Hollywood Walk of Fame

 Olga, cousin of my grandfather

Olga's car 

That's what's up! 

Cruisin' in L.A. 

Old Town Music Hall 

 And the Star of the Show!

 View from a bar

 Malibu beach

The surf waves

So this is the end of our journey in USA and it has been a great journey of many different lanscapes and friendly people. USA really has the best landscapes, the best architecture and the best freedom. Can't wait to get on the road again.

Salut!

Resting in Dupont Circle park in Washington D.C.

 Ford T model

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