Marcelo’s Recommendations (July 2022)

Nice to meet you all!

My name is Marcelo, I am from Brazil, and I spent 6 months living abroad in the United States as a visiting student at one of the best universities in the world: UC Berkeley.

During my time, besides studying a lot, I have travelled to different regions on the West Coast. Therefore, I decided to develop a quick guide to help fellow students and travellers willing to have a similar experience.

This guide will show nice places to visit, eat, and go partying, along with some fun facts.

I hope you enjoy it! As uncle Ben once said, “with great {recommendations} comes great responsibility” :)

The Guide

As I mentioned before, I lived in California during the second semester (Fall) of 2021.

California is one of the country's wealthiest and most socially and politically influential states. Besides beautiful beaches, it is home to Hollywood stars, Silicon Valley's technology, Napa Valley's wines and incredible National Parks. The landscape is very distinct, with mountains, valleys, lakes and even deserts. There are plenty of places to explore!

Below, you can see all the places I have visited (Blue Pins) and where I’ve lived (Red Pin).

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In the next section, I will provide more profound recommendations on those eleven places in California. Then, the following section will talk about other nice things to do in the Western US that I had the opportunity to do.

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