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I have always promised a friend of mine, who lives in California to visit him. His name is Kellan and I got to know him when he was as an exchange student in my class; one and a half year ago. So I have decided to take a two-week trip to California.
My journey will start on the 2nd February when I am going to fly from Vienna to Los Angeles. There, Kellan will pick me up with his car and we will drive to his flat, which will be a 25 minutes car ride. I will be very worn out and tired, a little jetlagged from the 18 hour flight that we will pass the rest of the day in his flat catching up with each other and just relaxing.

The next day we will get up, eat some breakfast and then drive back to Los Angeles to do some sightseeing. At first we will go to the Disneyland which is one hour ride away in Anaheim. Around the Disneyland are some other attractionparks but I am not sure yet if we should visit all of them.

The following days we will get up early in the morning and pass them on the beach which is a ten minute footwalk away, because Kellan will teach me how to surf. In the noon we will go shopping in L.A, maybe walk the Hall of Fame or just hang out with Kellans' friends. Many of them are able to speak Spanish or even has a spanish origin, what really make me wondering at the beginning. Then I think about the Manifest Destiny and the westward expansion where a great deal of native inhabitants from the east had to move to the west because settlers wanted to claim their land and chased away the native inhabitants.
On the fifth day we are planning on going to Santa Barbara which is a nearly two hours away. We will rent a camper van for the next days and sleep at cheap campsides, where you have to pay $15 per night. There I will do a whale-whatchin trip to the channel Islands where you can see the world's largest living mammal. I might also encounter beautiful humpback whales and playful dolphins, as well as fascinating sea birds. For me, it will be totally worth it.

The next stop will be San Francisco, which has also some historical background. For example, for the 49ers, treasure finder who rushed to California to look for gold,  San Francisco was very important. Our drive to it will take more than 5 hours but that will not be a problem. We will be talking, taking pictures and just enjoy the driving through California, during this time. We will also drive through San Louis Obispo where we will possible stay for one night because I want to see the Bubblegum Alley. The Bubblegum Alley is a street where the walls right and left beside you are full with bubblegum.

 When we will arrive at our destination San Francisco, we will take a picture of the Golden Gate Bridge and just stroll through the city. Kellan promised to show me some restaurants and nice places so I am really excited. In San Francisco we will give back our rented car and take a one our flight back to L.A where I will spend the last days of my trip with surfing, shopping and enjoying L.A. On the 16th February I am going back home.

I am really looking forward to this trip :)