The Paris bus and train strike that started last week almost derailed (pun intended) our plans to visit Paris over the weekend. We ended up cancelling our train tickets and instead drove the 525km trip from Geneva to Paris. The drive itself was fairly easy with the TomTom GPS system and the outstanding toll roads [...]
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Neither Snow nor Paris Train Strike
Posted in Trips, Vacation, tagged Champs Elysees, Eiffel Tower, Orsay, Paris, Romance, Train Strike, Travel on November 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Muir Woods Hike
Posted in Vacation, tagged hiking, Muir Woods, Vacation on August 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
On one of the last days in the Bay Area, we went to Muir Woods redwood park. It was a 2 hour drive from Mom and Dad’s house. We went for a long hike and saw the redwoods. The tallest trees in the park are 260 feet with a 14 foot diameter and are over [...]
Great America Amusement Park
Posted in Vacation, tagged park, Vacation on August 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
On one of the days in the Bay Area, we went to Paramount’s Great America Park in San Jose. Here are Mom and Anjali on the Demon ride. Here are Vikram and Nikhil on the Centrifuge ride: Here are all of us on the Delirium ride —a powerful spinning pendulum that will send you whirling. [...]
Winchester Mystery House
Posted in Vacation on August 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
We just got back from a week up in San Francisco at Mom and Dad’s house in Morgan Hill. On one of the days, we went to the Winchester Mystery House. The rich, crazy widow haunted by spirits was told to keep building her house to ward away the evil spirits. She did this for [...]
We just got back from a 4 day trip to Zion National Park in Utah. We stayed at the Desert Pearl Hotel which I would highly recommend for traveling families. The first day, we did a moderate 3 mile hike called Emerald Pools. There are three pools – Lower, Middle and Upper. There is also [...]