Last month my family paid a long planned visit to California. My mom and dad, aunt and uncle and their son visited us for two weeks at the beginning of February. We were all very excited because it was my parents’ first transatlantic flight. They only had two weeks vacation but enough invention to spend time with us and also to travel while they are here. So we took them to Southern California. Must see's like Hollywood Boulevard and Beverly Hills were on the list, of course. One full day in Disneyland for my 9 years old cousin turned out to be a great adventure for all of us. My first time riding a roller coaster, I even did it twice! To make my family's holidays even more holiday'ish we decided to hit the Hawaii paradise.
Indeed, it's a true paradise. For Europeans it’s a distant corner of a planet, but for people living in San Francisco is seems like a logical vacation choice.
Hawaii is a unique mixture of nature, people, food and fun. It's the 5oth US State, an archipelago in the middle of the Pacific Ocean that is so far from other land it's almost inconceivable that ancient Polynesians landed here. I deeply fell in love with Hawaii. I can't find the right words to describe the beauty of these islands. When I think about Hawaii these are the first thoughts that pop into my head: 8 different islands, active volcanoes, surfing, whale watching, fresh fruit (like pineapple, coconut and papaya), the most exotic flowers (like orchids growing in the wild), spectacular views, coral reefs, white sand on the beaches, sun on my skin, the power of the waves, mahi mahi, the freshest shrimp I’ve ever had, seeing a dozen Asian nationalities in one Hawaiian face and that terrible feeling of having to leave it all behind.
paradise under the American flag
Diamond Head dormant volcano
a mountain covered with green "snow"
Pear Harbour
growing pineapple
reefs in Honolulu
shrimp trucks at the north shore
Hilton "village"
