| Locally: | Stanford Campus Tours (free): meet at 11.00 and 3.15 in front of Quad by
Oval
Stanford places to explore: Art Gallery, Bookstore, Hoover Tower, Rodin
Sculpture Garden
Explore University Avenue in Palo Alto, Stanford Shopping Center, Fry's
Electronics in Palo Alto (near El Camino South of Page Mill Road)
Foothills behind Stanford for jogging, etc. (the "Dish"), Arastradero
Preserve
Rent a bicycle from Campus Bike Shop (near Music Center and Law School),
Action
Sports in Palo Alto (on High St., off of University Avenue), or from
Bike
Connection (on El Camino near California in Palo Alto)
Rent Roller Blades from Patagonia on Emerson and Hamilton in Palo Alto |
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| A bit farther away: |
Año Nueve State Park to watch Elephant Seals (on Hwy 1 South of Half
Moon Bay)
Drive along the coast South or North of SF (Hwy 1)
Monterey Bay Aquarium, Pebble Beach, Carmel (beach, town and mission)
San Francisco (Golden Gate Park with De Young Museum, Arboretum, Japanese
Teagarden, Conservatory; Chinatown; Union Square; North Beach (for good
Espresso); Coit Tower, Museum of Modern Art (Howard and 3rd St.); Go to the
top
of Bank of America Building, Marriott, Mark Hopkins, Fairmont, McCormick
&
Schmick's on Ghirardelli Square for a view) Explore Tiburon and Muir Woods (giant Redwoods) with Red and White Fleet from Peer 43 1/2; tours leave at 10 am |