PARTICIPANTS: 4 adults and two children 12 and 7 years old MEANS OF TRANSPORT: Van Toyota Sienna LE

PARTICIPANTS: 4 adults and two children 12 and 7 years old MEANS OF TRANSPORT: Van Toyota Sienna LE PERIOD: June-July 2006 DURATION OF THE TRIP: 30 Days KM TRAILS: kliksa on 21 June 6000 Rome: Departure at 7:20 from Fiumicino Air France flight, connecting in Paris and arriving kliksa in Los Angeles at 12:45 where we were informed that our luggage had not arrived with our plane and that they would be delivered to the hotel with our disappointment. Hopped on the shuttle to the car rental Alamo retreat and a Toyota Sienna kliksa Le-chartered through kliksa USRENTACAR link. Los Angeles: We went immediately to the hotel, Summerfield Suites El Segundo. We took an apartment consisting of two bedrooms, two bathrooms, dining and cooking area. Had dinner with a great roast chicken. The hotel is located in a neighborhood with many offices, multi-storey kliksa garages, shopping malls and restaurants. The street furniture is very nice there are lawns and flower beds with a large variety of plants and flowers, with a prevalence of agapantus blue. June 22 Los Angeles: We went to Ventura along Highway 101 E 'a small town north of Los Angeles with a few houses and 800 of the early 900 We visited the Mission San Buenaventura was built at the end of 700, a of the 21 missions founded by the Franciscans along El Camino Real, in order to colonize places and convert kliksa the natives to Christianity. kliksa Remarkable box for alms: a large safe with a cane supplied to send in the money. We did stop on the lawn in front of the Mission to the nearby museum, where we saw some of the equipment that were used for the extraction of oil and for the construction of the railway (canteen wagon). Near an exhibition of old equipment for the Fire Department. Picnic on the meadow at the base of hot dogs and fries. Then in Santa Barbara was founded as a Spanish garrison; were later built the mission kliksa and pueblo. Today is a beautiful and lively town with sandy beaches. We took a walk along State Street, Paseo Nuevo and surrounding streets; kliksa then we went up to Santa Barbara Mission is the mission that follows the north of San Buenaventura (these settlements were close about 48 km from each other). We return along the highway kliksa 1, stop at a military kliksa base where many aircraft are on display. Finally, we admired the coast of Malibu, a surfer's paradise. Dinner at Denny's with fish, rice and baked potatoes. June 23 Los Angeles: We visit the 'Hollywood Forever Cemetery: The cemetery of the stars movie link. Among others, having regard to the graves of Tyrone Power, Douglas Fairbanks, Rudolph Valentino, William Clark. The cemetery is well cared for, full of plants and animals. kliksa Many of the graves of people of Russian origin. The cemetery is located in a popular neighborhood. Farmers Market: the old farmers market has become a meeting place, there remain some stalls selling fruit, vegetables, and groceries; numerous shops and restaurants link. We had lunch at Pampas Grill, with spit-roasted meat (picanha) rice and potatoes. We walked the Sunset Boulevard with its restaurants, hotels and nightclubs. Stopped at the Hollywood Boulevard to walk the Walk of Fame with bronze stars embedded in the pavement with the names of the stars of cinema, radio, television, music. Visit the courtyard of the Chinese Theatre covered with autographs and fingerprint. June 24
Los Angeles: We headed to the South. Traffic is bad, but being in 6 in the car, we used the lane "car-pool", which allowed us to move quickly enough. We also noticed that on the ramps of the highways is installed a traffic light to stagger access by car. Moreover in this trip we use the satellite navigation system, which has been very useful, especially in a city with an urban motorway network as intricate as this often allowing us to escape from the busy highway passing through the city streets. We made a stop near San Juan Capistrano to dispose kliksa of traffic and spent time visiting a flower nursery. Stop next to Oceanside, with a beautiful marina and a long beach where we saw a very busy site prepared for grilled meat and fish. mistakenly We have also embarked on the road to the military base Pendleton: at the entrance, we were stopped by a marine frowning enough kliksa that, after having failed to explain how the hell we did to get into the base, there has given directions kliksa to go back to the laughter of the guard post. At the entrance to Camp Pendleton, many people kliksa (probably relatives) were demonstrating in support of soldiers returning from Iraq. Mission San Luis R