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merkat reviews USA

98%

perfection!

[23/05/2008] I grew up on Disney's movies and even now they always amuse me in the same way. Therefore, when I've got the opportunity to visit the first and the original Disneyland in the world, it was a chance that could not be missed. It was in 1991, at the end of student exchange visiting program, when we were going back home from San Francisco (divided in smaller groups), and we had only 2 days to visit LA. Since my friends (and me) were all above 21, one of them was strongly resisting, refusing to "waste time on childish business", but as he was outvoted, he had to come along, with lots of grumbling [more]

Grauman's Chinese Theatre

Hollywood

87%

horrible

[22/05/2008] When I've visited the USA in 1991 with a group of students, we had only two days to visit LA, so we had to decide which attractions we will visit and which we will skip, considering our lack of time. Unfortunately, our first choice, which seemed so natural and logical, was to visit the famous Chinese Theatre and Walk of Fame. When we have reached the street, we were walking with our maps and almost passed by the famous theatre, without noticing it, but the unusual mass of people made us suspicious, so we looked more carefully and recognized the building. My first thought was that it was abno [more]

Transameri ca Pyramid

San Francisco

88%

perfection!

[07/04/2008] When I went to San Francisco, back in 1991, with group of students, one of the first things we wanted to see was the Transamerica Pyramid. It was almost impossible for us to think about San Francisco without seeing in our mind's eye the famous Pyramid looking at the Bay. It became even more famous after the big earthquake in Bay Area (two years earlier, in 1989), when it was shaking for more than one minute, but remained intact and, what was more important, no one inside the building was seriously injured. As I have great earthquake-phobia, being the witness of another great earthquake in Mont [more]

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