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arthisto September 22nd, 2008

CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH WINES, AND YOSEMITE
APRIL 30-MAY 6, 2009 ~ 7 DAYS ~ GROUP SIZE: 4-6
PRICE PER PERSON $2,535.00
This tour’s focus is pampering first and then regaining perspective. Designed with working professional women in mind, and yet not exclusive, we will begin in beautiful San Francisco wandering colorful Chinatown, a back alley fortune cookie factory as well as a Buddhist Temple located in a skyscraper, and on to the glamorous shopping area of Union Square. Then we take a drive to the slower paced heart of the California Gold Rush, Sonora.  Nestled in the foothills of the mighty Sierra Nevada Mountains, we will spend two days between relaxing professional spa treatments, and tasting some of the best wines of California.  And then, on day 5 we will drive into Yosemite National Park and check into our beautiful rooms at the historic Ahwahnee Hotel. This beautiful hotel, built in 1926 and like no other in its massive grandeur, still cannot compete with the drama and majesty of Yosemite Valley.  You will feel your life slip into perspective as we quietly walk the pathways of Yosemite with its enormous granite cliffs surrounding us and as its magnificent waterfalls crash; all outside troubles and pressures seem to morph back into perspective where they should be.  All my life I have been visiting this natural cathedral and always have the same response to it.  It makes me quiet, thoughtful and enormously thankful.  If you have been before, maybe it is time to go again, if this will be your first time, brace yourself for a powerful experience.

From Yosemite we will drive back to sparkling San Francisco for our final night.  Within walking distance of our hotel we will toast our new friendships at the Carnelian Room on the 52nd floor of a soaring skyscraper with a 360 degree view of San Francisco before a delicious dinner and our farewells and flights home the next day.

Physical Level: Moderately Strenuous.

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