Blogs from San Jose, California, United States, North America

So we have completed our last full day here on the West Coast and it's been another lovely warm day. We headed for another hearty breakfast this morning and then made our way to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom for 10:30. After our first visit there at the beginning of the holiday in the rain and the fainting incident with Luke our nerves were a little on edge. However there was no need to worry the sun shone, Luke didn't attempt any rides that involved spinning around or falling from a great height and he had eaten plenty along the way. After watching the dolphin and killer whale show we spent the rest of the time exploring the rides. Mia was the bravest of us all going on Medusa twice (this involved a series of loops and ... read more

December in San Jose.. Only a couple of days until i leave... read more

I finally got off the Greyhound in California making the long trek from the East Coast to the West Coast while meandering through the South, parts of the Midwest, Southwest and the Colorado Rockies. My Western leg included a ride through Arizona, Nevada and California from the Southern region all the way up to San Jose in the heart of Silicon Valley where I got off. After arriving at the downtown San Jose bus terminal at 6am on Sunday morning, there was a remarkable shift in lifestyle as I moved from a seat in a Greyhound bus to a seat in a nearby Starbucks. This was followed by a seat in my aunt Michelle's sporty red convertible with which she picked me up from Starbucks and took me to her beautifully remodeled home. The beauty and ... read more

Days 12-13 SOME TELLING NUMBERS ON GREYHOUND TRAVEL: Days of Travel by Greyhound: 13 days Hours logged on the bus: 106 hours Layover hours at various stations: 21 hours Total Greyhound experience hours/days/minutes: 127 hours/5.29 days/7,620 minutes Out of 13 days of travel percent of pure Greyhound experience: 41% Level of Satisfaction of the Experience: Very High Level of Satisfaction of the Service: below the scale Places Visited: Philadelphia, Washington D.C., New Orleans, Denver, Colorado Rockies, San Jose States we stopped in and drove through: MA, RI, CT, NY, NJ, PA, MD, DE, VA, NC, SC, GA, AL, MS, LA, TX, NM, CO, UT, AZ, NV, CA............22 states is nearly half the Continental US!!! Towns we stopped in: Too many to count Number of times the bus broke down on my journey: twice Number of hours ... read more

We hopped back in the hire car for a drive to San Jose today. The GPS was a godsend, directing us onto the right lanes along the 101 and freeway with five lanes each way. Only one spot on the return did it go wrong and forget to tell me to stay left, so we did a little turn-about in a side street. So we got to the Flea Market after about 60 minutes, to find it not on. Yep, despite having a number of pamphlets describing it as being open dawn to dusk, none of them noted that its only on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Anyway, I've sent an email to the web contacts. So we drove into San Jose, parking near the Tech Museum for only $20 (!), then took a walk around ... read more