{"id":202,"date":"2022-12-15T05:56:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T05:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilyasseisov.com\/blog\/?p=202"},"modified":"2025-07-04T05:16:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T05:16:57","slug":"california-dreamin-from-redwoods-to-google-campus-%f0%9f%8c%89%f0%9f%8c%b2%f0%9f%8c%8a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ilyasseisov.com\/blog\/california-dreamin-from-redwoods-to-google-campus-%f0%9f%8c%89%f0%9f%8c%b2%f0%9f%8c%8a\/","title":{"rendered":"California Dreamin\u2019: From Redwoods to Google Campus \ud83c\udf09\ud83c\udf32\ud83c\udf0a"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>San Francisco, California \u2014 now I totally get why even Americans dream of moving here \ud83c\udf0a\ud83c\udfdd\ud83c\udfc4\u200d\u2642\ufe0f<br>Perfect weather, stunning nature, and the ocean right at your doorstep. Sure, it\u2019s got sky-high prices and taxes, but honestly&#8230; it&#8217;s worth it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our adventure kicked off at <em>Muir Woods<\/em>, home to towering 100-meter eucalyptus trees. It felt like stepping into Jurassic Park \ud83e\udd95<br>Even more jaw-dropping? The drive there \u2014 just 30 minutes from the city and suddenly you\u2019re in a whole different world: winding hills, forests everywhere. Total dreamscape. (FYI, a plot of land here starts at a few million bucks \ud83d\udcb5\ud83d\ude05)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next up: <em>Golden Gate Bridge<\/em> \ud83c\udf09 and <em>Pier 39<\/em>.<br>We also caught a Halloween-themed theater show \ud83c\udf83 \u2014 spooky and super fun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Day two took us deep into Silicon Valley. We visited the Google campus and Stanford University \u2014 pure magic \ud83e\ude84<br>If you ever get the chance, GO. It\u2019s impossible not to fall in love with that place \ud83d\ude0d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before we left, I finally saw the Pacific Ocean in person \ud83c\udf0a<br>And Berkeley? Quiet, green, cozy \u2014 a city I won\u2019t forget \ud83c\udf33<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These past couple of weeks in the \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 wouldn\u2019t have been the same without the amazing people I shared them with \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffb<br>We saw everything&#8230; except Kazuto \ud83d\ude06<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>@kudratullife @kunjutic @nafisa_imranova @pearl_diary @sita.lawrence @lellka_6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Special thanks to the teams who made this possible:<br>@statedept @meridianintl @usembassyashgabat @goviral.ca<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The session was conducted on December 15, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" data-id=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/ilyasseisov.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/15-12-2022-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-206\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" data-id=\"205\" src=\"https:\/\/ilyasseisov.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/15-12-2022-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-205\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" data-id=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/ilyasseisov.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/15-12-2022-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" data-id=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/ilyasseisov.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/15-12-2022-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-203\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Francisco, California \u2014 now I totally get why even Americans dream of moving here \ud83c\udf0a\ud83c\udfdd\ud83c\udfc4\u200d\u2642\ufe0fPerfect weather, stunning nature, and the ocean right at your doorstep. 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