Las Vegas - It's a place your either going to love or absolutely hate. It's like an adults version of a theme park each Casino has a different theme so it's a bit like being in a different zones each casino has about six different bars, pubs, clubs and countless restaurants plus other random stuff like Shark Reefs and Lions etc. One thing I absolutely loved is you can have a Michelin Star style meal at 4 am in the morning if you want too nothing is trouble, you live like a king. On the flip side if you dislike the seedy things which gambling and partying bring you might want to avoid it like the plague, also do some research as some of the Casino's as some are high end others attract a more lower calibre of people and could deal with a serious refit. I've always done really well on the tables though so perhaps that boosts my opinion favourably, 2nd time I visited we damaged our hire care in Salt Lake City (Weird place) so I had to make the money back!
San Francisco - When you're stuck in country full of franchises it's great seeing independent businesses thrive like restaurants, coffee shops etc. Even though there is a high rise financial district the downtown area feels like some old European city and has tree lined avenues like Paris. There is old fashioned style port side too which is worth a walk along as the docks have lots of interesting sights not usual industrial look. From my experience of North American cities it feels like it has a soul and it has character. It's very walkable too, we walked around Downtown, Fishermans Wharf, Lombard Street, Russian Hill, Chinatown and North Beach in a whole day stopping off at random places enjoying the sights. If you've spend the previous week in Los Angeles you really appreciate being able to walk around having to not use a car or avoid areas like the plague.
Florence is a great shout. Banff and the Rocky Mountains get my shout too really enjoyed camping out the mountains happy days etc.
San Francisco - When you're stuck in country full of franchises it's great seeing independent businesses thrive like restaurants, coffee shops etc. Even though there is a high rise financial district the downtown area feels like some old European city and has tree lined avenues like Paris. There is old fashioned style port side too which is worth a walk along as the docks have lots of interesting sights not usual industrial look. From my experience of North American cities it feels like it has a soul and it has character. It's very walkable too, we walked around Downtown, Fishermans Wharf, Lombard Street, Russian Hill, Chinatown and North Beach in a whole day stopping off at random places enjoying the sights. If you've spend the previous week in Los Angeles you really appreciate being able to walk around having to not use a car or avoid areas like the plague.
Florence is a great shout. Banff and the Rocky Mountains get my shout too really enjoyed camping out the mountains happy days etc.
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