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WHILE IN AUSTIN

Besides being the seat of Texas government and home to The University of Texas, Austin offers lots to do, discover and see.
A world renowned music scene and Arts and Cultural center, this graceful river city is full of recreational opportunities especially for the singles.

With good job opportunities, graduating singles with an attractive cost of living propelled the city at the top of the heap of the cities liked by singles. Whether it’s a museums, restaurants, jobs, apartment accommodation or else, singles has a lot of other reasons (love, money, music or mirth) as well they come to Austin.

Austin equally welcomes children and the old.

Austin Art Museum, located in downtown Austin, focuses on exhibitions of modern and contemporary art from around the world. Austin Children’s Museum offers hands-on exhibits and programs geared toward youngsters and their families.

One can swim in Barton Springs’ pool. Also canoeing, hiking or biking is the option. Kids can play on the playground or ride the miniature train in Zilker Park, Austin’s largest and most popular park.

One can also see home to over 1.5 million Mexican free-tail bats; Austin’s Congress Avenue Bridge provides one of the most spectacular wildlife viewing opportunities in America.

The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum captures the history and tradition of the Lone Star State. This interactive museum is a high-tech wave of the future
Throughout the year, Austin is host to many festivals catering to the arts, music, and film scene. Arts festivals regularly showcase local and regional talent.
Another great way to kill the heat of the summer would be to take a dip in one of the many natural pools and waterways that Austin has to offer.
Climb the 99 steps to the most scenic and highest point in the city (Mt.Bonnell) and watch the sunset over Lake Austin and Westlake Hills.

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Research Center there are numerous courtyards, arbors, meadows and terraces that make up this nationally-recognized botanical garden.
The observation deck of the University of Texas Tower offers a spectacular view of the UT Campus and the Austin area in all directions.
Zilker Botanical Gardens, a montage of flowers, shrubs, trees and ponds, these gardens provide an environment of inspiration, tranquility and beauty.

San Francisco: to shock you

San Francisco a city not bigger than New York or London, the land undulates here so much, from high up you can see over the whole expanse of the city and out onto the surrounding bays. If New York reminds you of towering skyscrapers; San Francisco will be of all the rooftops and hills, and surrounding water of the bays- a lot less claustrophobic. The roads going up the hills are great, so different to the usual flat city roads.
This multicultural city has more Hispanics and Asians than white Americans.

Pier 39 is one of the main tourist attractions, wherefrom all the ferries and trams leave. It has more than 110 specialty shops mostly souvineer shops and junk food outlets. The Pier is home to a colony of sealions.

Alcatraz is for nature watching. You also get to see The Golden Gate Bridge and many buildings of historical importance that reminds you of the conditions the inmates suffered. Alcatraz, a Spanish word for Seagull, was named by the Spanish explorer Juan Manuel De Ayala in 1775 because this is the place you get to see a lot of seagulls.

A trip on a tram is fun here. A good British engineering, running now for 123 years, the tram operates via a cable under the ground and the trams grip it when they want to move and release it when they need to stop. A good system of getting them up the hills, but when they grip the tram lurches forward; people were always being thrown backwards when caught unawares! Great fun.

Nicasio, up in the rolling hills of West Marin County is the exact centre of the county. You see “real” America here. A proper cowboy town.

Muir Woods National Monument, a remnant of the coast redwood forests. The woods are brilliant. It is a great change from the hectic lifestyle of the city, and the air is so much cleaner and cooler.

San Francisco has much more to shock you like when I used to think of California I didn’t picture rolling green hills and amazing views.

WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN IN ATLANTA

A young city like Atlanta has a lot to offer during night till dawn.

The “New York of the south” or the capital of the new south this is a landlocked city. Unlike other tourist places in us where a waterbody is there to attract you, Atlanta has something else to offer.

For a single, strip clubs are where one can experience the wild Atlanta. Night clubs and bars do attract in Atlanta.

From coffee houses to sports bars and high energy dance clubs with electrifying rhythms for gays, lesbians and straights, a night in Atlanta has a lot one can do.

Know for having more bars than houses of worship, this glitzy nightlife has “Buckhead” as the city’s most happening spot that attracts the young and smart crowd especially on Friday night.

In Chastain Park Amphitheatre music lovers find food for their souls.

If you manage to wear a proper dress code, you are also welcomed by the resident clubs that offer some of the city’s finest dancing.

Should you decide to visit Gay festivals, “the Piedmont Park” is the right place.
The leading spot with a reputation of being the landmark drinking institution is “The Beer Mug”.

With a desire to see nightlife in Atlanta just visit Downtown Atlanta and you get to see how Atlanta packs a wallop when the sun goes down.