“The most important of all arts for us is cinema”, – said at one time a prominent politician. And we are living in XXI century, we can confidently confirm his words. It is difficult to imagine our life without the possibility to see some exciting movie. And, most likely, this film will be shot in Hollywood. Mecca filmmakers around the world, a welcome oasis for actors of all stripes and a sweet lure for tourists from all over the world – Hollywood. And together with him and all of California.
California… In the very sound of the word if you hear the lapping of waves impinging on the sand and the roar of the wind, rustling palms and the noise of big cities. California … Hollywood and the world center of high technology, national parks and beautiful cities of America. All this attracts tourists like a magnet. And here you are. Impressions picked up by you, the names of cities, parks and landmarks merge into one magic word – California. At whatever cost, you want to bring that magic to those who stayed home.
In a shop in the Hollywood Hills you for a romantic dinner with your spouse bought a candlestick in the form of Oscar. Now you hope that, in presenting this well-deserved statuette of your favorite, you hear in response: “I want to thank my dear for this honor!” And this evening will be filled with humor, your memories and romance. By the way, in order to impress and please the wife, you are not limited candlestick. It is still possible for the interior and moods, but for it you bought several sets of jewelry, just like the heroine was her favorite movies. This is even the inscriptions on the boxes there. And this way, because in a whirlwind of impressions did not last long and confused, that out of a movie. Shining eyes of your beloved will be competing with the flames of candles, and overshadowed by brilliance of stones in her jewelry.
You buy wine from the Napa Valley. You spent a wonderful time at the old train went on a tour and tasting. And, of course, bought a bottle of the most representative species (well-shaped, in a gift box, on a velvet-lined) for his boss. Great gift, he and you certainly will appreciate: Cabernet-Sauvignon from the Napa Valley famous for the whole world! But this modest bottle of Chardonnay, the harvest of 1995, you will save a favorite for a romantic dinner.
But this backpack in the form of Donald Duck – hello to your daze from Disneyland. Kingdom of Disney in California and caused you to forget about his maturity and a respectable position. All sorts of rides, familiar cartoon characters walking across the lanes of the park, created an atmosphere of sincere, fun child. And, choosing a gift for your Prokaznikov you had bought these families and the usual soft Mickey Mouse, Lion King, the genie out of the cartoon “Aladdin”. Do not hold back, fearing the wrong size, you can even buy costumes: loincloth, like George of the Jungle and the princess costume from “Enchanted.” Your flock will not be equal to the carnival!
But perhaps the greatest gift you had bought in Silicon Valley. In this world center of high technology can be found in the literal sense of all. For friends and work colleagues bought licensed software and incredible devices for computers and mobile phones. You would have a mobile phone they bought. But the seller advised against: not all of the latest Western phones will work properly with the SIM cards in your country. Therefore, an external hard drive had to limit the size of a matchbook and a digital camera for underwater shooting.
In San Francisco you typed glasses and cups with the image so you hit the Golden Gate suspension bridge. They will be an excellent gift to someone on a birthday or other holidays.
You absolutely struck by the excursion to the sinister and even a seemingly impregnable prison Alcatraz. Awful impression left it in your soul. But even this grim grandeur you will be able to send, buying a gift clock, in the form of Alcatraz with an unusually grim battle. Your best friend, who said that more than one alarm in the world can not wake him, will understand how wrong he was.
You visited the famous Death Valley and Yosemite Park, which made a lot of photos. And in the famous park of Yosemite even ventured to try their hand at mountaineering, under the guidance of an experienced instructor. By the way, a gift to your older relatives, you have acquired a great shot and a stunning beautiful film about the park. The music of your loved ones enjoy the views of this beautiful corner of nature, its waterfalls and inaccessible cliffs, groves of wonderful old trees. By the way, do not forget to pick up a pair of cones sekvoy blend of the scent of the mountains and the cleanest rivers of the park.
Leaving California, you are once again inspects all gifts. Well, it seems, bought all planned, thrown a coin in the Gulf of Mexico (for luck to come back!), But something does not give you rest. Oh yes! You do not have the most important thing: not photographed on the street with the Governor of California – Arnold Schwarzenegger! Certainly, people have to go early: it seems you saw the photographer with a cardboard figure of the governor is literally a stone’s throw from the hotel. Without that shot your stories about California would be incomplete. Well, let’s go?