Point Loma / Cabrillo National Monument San Diego

The next morning in San Diego

The upgrade to a room facing the beach has paid off today. The sound of the sea and the beach promenade right in front of the balcony .. the day can only start well and the few...

Old Town San Diego in Christmas splendor

Had some time before departure and drove spontaneously to the pretty Santana Row shopping street in San Jose. Interesting shops and beautiful Christmas decorations all around. I would have liked to have been here in the evening when all the lights were on. Maybe we'll come back...

Next stop in Cupertino on the Infinite Loop, home of Apple...

We leave San Francisco over the Bay Bridge

Today was the last shopping Saturday before Christmas and there were big discounts in many shops. The rush is correspondingly large, for example here on the semicircular escalators at NORDSTROM on Market Street

The strangest duet ever (Carnegie Hall!)

I have never experienced anything like this, and that in Carnegie Hall, in the Weill Recital Hall: Elmira Darvarova, the violinist, former concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera...

New York: Two Music Halls - Two Museums

Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor) and The Metropolitan Orchestra (not part of the New York Philharmonic!) vs. Luisa Proske (production) and Jon Bausor (set designer)/Montana Levi...

2 Days Venice Beach and Departure to Panama

After a long and exhausting day at Universal Studios, we wanted to take it a bit easier for the next two days. Since our accommodation was not far from Venice Beach, we headed...

Carnegie Mellon University

Marcel's host