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Typical characteristics of a very prominent San Francisco is about the weather, the soil surface up and down the steep cable car with her and of course a very famous Bridge of the Golden Gate.

Landed at San Francisco International Airport at 19:30 hours local time, weather is still very bright. Earlier that week in May, in San Francisco’s blue skies clean without a speck of cloud was that entrenched there. But do not ask where the air temperature.

Bright weather that was almost visible as a hot, in fact, to newcomers who come from tropical areas, it will feel cold which could even make body shivered. At that time, after undergoing ground formalities such as immigration and security checks are super tight, not felt the clock showed 21:00 am, the air outside was pitch-dark, highly contrasting with the condition when the plane landed shortly.

Cold stung, especially when wind blows. The wind that supposedly originated from the famous Pacific Ocean’s cold. Special about the cold air in San Francisco, who said they always, hit on throughout the year, marked also with the famous words of Mark Twain, a famous American novelist who lived in the years 1835 to 1910. He says: The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.

Besides the cold, the city of San Francisco located in a very bumpy ground, up and down with a very steep condition. Some roads even intangible form that climb at an angle of nearly 60 degrees!

But the road conditions so it does not preclude the conduct of local government in the form of public transport tram, known as the cable car, an old tram which operated manually by cable car system. This cable car was first operated by “Clay Street Hill Rail Road”, with the launch of its first year at August, 2, 1873. The train is maintained until now in the year 2010, and has become the icon of San Francisco.

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Second city in southern France which is worth a visit by insights to my eyes is the city of Nîmes, the letter I shall write with an accent like this because it is his trademark. From my city of Nîmes to Montpellier is only 35 minutes drive, but from Paris we can go straight to the city with the TGV fast train is only three hours. Using the train is the most practical way. Even you can come to this town of Avignon or Montpellier from my city approximately 30 minutes by train.

Nîmes, enter this town was once a mix of different cultural history, Roman, Spanish, Provençal, and the influence of the Protestant religion, cultural heritage mixture of antique with modern. Nimes is one of the most brilliant capitals of Roman Gaul era relic. This ancient city lies in the way of Domitian, where the footprint trail Hercules from Rome to Spain to search for valuable minerals.

If coming by train, found the tourist information office practically walk takes about 15 minutes. Here, we can get various information required start from attractions, lodging to dining. For those interested to stay overnight in Nîmes, here is attractive offers. Interesting, because it is very practical, in addition to hotels where we stay overnight also visit attractions are included therein. Prices starting from 81 Euros offered.

It does not hurt to spend the night in a city that is always lively by koridanya party since not far from Nîmes many other captivating places worth a visit, is Pont du Gard. It is so grand with the architect was extraordinary because of the stones was built without mortar and sand along the 275 meters, thus gaining the title as world heritage by Unesco.
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