My trip to California could not have been complete without visiting Silicon Valley. And it's not so much because I'm an IT guy and I like cool technologies, but because Silicon Valley in California is where the most of innovations are being born these days. This is where lots of entrepreneurs and just talented people come from all over the world and where tens of thousands of IT start-ups pop up like mushrooms after a good summer rain. Thanks to my friends, I was able to take a peek at what Google and Facebook offices look like. 

As you may remember, in September 2015 I flew from Toronto to San Francisco with a 7-hour stopover in Vancouver. Frankly, I was so impressed with Vancouver so I thought to myself - what does San Francisco have that Vancouver does not that can impress me even more? I can compare my feeling back then with a very pleasant aftertaste which you want to keep forever. Also, after my physically demanding hike to Grouse Mountain, I was terribly exhausted and just wanted to rest.