From Monterey, we drove to San Francisco.In Bay area, my parents have a lot of friends so we stayed with their friends, met up with them and had a lot of fun. Me and my sister went to see Pitch Perfect 2 with my mom's friend. It was an amazing movie.We drove to San Francisco-the main city to see the Exploratorium which had all sorts of cool science exhibits. There was so much to see, we couldn't possibly have seen it all. What we saw includes but is not limited to how a clock works, infrared imaging of ourselves, cool mirrors which made you look all distorted, living organisms through microscopes, optical illusions and so many experiments. Most of it was hands on including exhibitions about stem cell research, social psychology, physics and light and sound.
We also went to the golden gate bridge which was classic. It was very windy though. The next day, we went to Berkeley Lawrence hall of science. My father went there for his post-grad. That was also more stuff about science(obviously). We saw a futuristic exhibition and a film about robots. There was a giant whale made out of fiber-glass so strong, we could climb on it and nothing would happen. They also had a section where everyone could use their imagination to make there own robots should I say with a motor and battery etc.
Later, we visited the famous Ghirardelli chocolate shop and had-well chocolate. It smelled amazing in there and they even had a display of how chocolate is made from coca beans. It was like heaven on earth. That night we along with my parents friends all stayed in this really cool hotel called Zephyr. It had a cylindrical TT table, a giant connect 4, giant jenga, a dart board and backgammon in the room and loads of cool board games! Next morning we went for a hike to Muir Woods, a redwood forest. It was very nice and calm there.
Later we went to the Intel museum in their HQ. It was kind of interesting, about the history of computers. One of the days we also went to the Google HQ in Mountain View. It thought it was pretty cool going inside google's silicon valley headquarters. We saw the office and all since one of my parents' friends work there.The last 2 days we shopped. We got a lot of stuff that is not easily available in India. We also saw Stanford University's campus. It was pretty boring to see actually, and hot in the day, but worth seeing once at least. San Francisco was nice.
We also went to the golden gate bridge which was classic. It was very windy though. The next day, we went to Berkeley Lawrence hall of science. My father went there for his post-grad. That was also more stuff about science(obviously). We saw a futuristic exhibition and a film about robots. There was a giant whale made out of fiber-glass so strong, we could climb on it and nothing would happen. They also had a section where everyone could use their imagination to make there own robots should I say with a motor and battery etc.
Later, we visited the famous Ghirardelli chocolate shop and had-well chocolate. It smelled amazing in there and they even had a display of how chocolate is made from coca beans. It was like heaven on earth. That night we along with my parents friends all stayed in this really cool hotel called Zephyr. It had a cylindrical TT table, a giant connect 4, giant jenga, a dart board and backgammon in the room and loads of cool board games! Next morning we went for a hike to Muir Woods, a redwood forest. It was very nice and calm there.
Later we went to the Intel museum in their HQ. It was kind of interesting, about the history of computers. One of the days we also went to the Google HQ in Mountain View. It thought it was pretty cool going inside google's silicon valley headquarters. We saw the office and all since one of my parents' friends work there.The last 2 days we shopped. We got a lot of stuff that is not easily available in India. We also saw Stanford University's campus. It was pretty boring to see actually, and hot in the day, but worth seeing once at least. San Francisco was nice.
Well done Smiti - but you are sounding bored by now:)
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