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While we were in the car on the way to El Cerrito, I thought it was going to be a straight drive to Carmel. But noooo! My auntie and the driver told me that we’re going to take a couple stops here and there. BLAAAH! I wanted to go straight to Carmel! I was so tired in the bus! We made a stop at Oakland. Were I met my new friend Melinda. We didn’t really start talking until the 3^rd day actually… BE QUIET!! I know you’re laughing. It was a really long drive to Carmel! I wasn’t sure how long because I wasn’t really looking at the time.

My favorite stop was probably at Cupertino. They had this good Chinese Bakery in Cupertino named, “Sheng Lee’s Bakery”. IT WAS SO GOOD! I MEAN THE CURRY AND BREAD! GAAAAAH! Man, just thinking about it makes me hungry again. I miss the bread. We bought like, 17 for the whole trip and I ate it all within 20 minutes. Jesus, I’m a beast.

I was honestly really bored during the whole trip. I mean, don’t get me wrong, but the scenery was beautiful. I was just really bored because my phone was close to dying etc. etc. Eh, it’s whatever though. I fell asleep until we made it to the motel. It was called, “Silver Surfer”. It was a 5 star. “Not bad at all” I mumbled. As we went inside, it was close to getting dark. That night while my auntie, grandma, and I were in the room, my auntie and I were watching Court TV. They had a show about the Blood and Crips gang. It was a really interesting story actually. While I was watching, I fell asleep.

Yawn… “OH MY GULAY! GET UP ATE! WE’RE GOING TO BE LATE FOR THE BUS!” I ran into the shower and took the fastest shower I could and tried to be clean at the same time. As I got out the shower, I changed as fast as I could. “RUN RUN RUN TO THE BUS CHELSEA!” I sprinted as fast as I could to the bus and told them to wait because of my Grandma. A real slow one. (no offense!) Well, when we finally got to the bus, the driver announced, “WEH AH GOOENG THO THA HURST KASTUL TUHDAY” in his funny Chinese accent. I asked Melinda once he finally translated it in Chinese, “What did he say earlier?” “Haha, we’re going to the Hearst Castle today.” “Oh… Thanks.” I said with a smile. She just nodded. Hm, Hearst Castle.

When we got to Hearst Castle, it was packed! I mean just to get onto the bus. You have to take a bus all the way to the top of Hearst Castle. When we got in line, my auntie was chatting with Melinda’s auntie and mom for a bit. I had my own little convo with Melinda as we were waiting to get our pictures and hop onto the bus.

When I hopped onto the bus, I could’ve sworn this was the only bus I’ve ever seen that was filled with Asians. It was cool, but loud. On our way up the hill they started telling facts about the Castle. It was pretty cool. The owner bought some animals and now there are many of them roaming around. We saw this one shelter that caught my eye. It was brown and wooden. Very simple, yet very eye catchy.

We arrived at the Castle and it was very packed with so many people (as expected). All of a sudden a white guy pops out of nowhere. He says he’s going to be our um, what you call it? Oh yeah. Tour guide and that his name is Bob. HA, Bob. Cool name. We took a tour around the Castle and it was finished in like, 2 hours? Well, I don’t know. Something like that. My favorite place however, was the Neptune Pool (picture of the pool is above the story). It was very pretty! Oh and the indoor pool as well.

On our way back, we almost ran into a Zebra! It was so awesome! A REAL Zebra! Right in front of me! Jesus, I love this place. This was my favorite site before we went to Carmel. Once we got to Carmel, I was eye stunned. It was the most perfect and beautiful place I’ve ever seen in my eyes. Well, so far I mean. Hey! I’m only 12. Anyway, Carmel is like a little town. They had beautiful boutiques and the best restaurants.

When we hiked around Carmel, the wind was blowing in my hair. It was the most perfect place. I can’t really explain how, but it was just breath taking to me. I’ll never regret going to Carmel. It was so beautiful, I guarantee you’ll be coming back for more.

(The Roman indoor pool is on top of the Neptune Pool which is located outside}

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