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Archive for May, 2009

Right in the downtown area as visitors are shopping and dinning there is the Santa Barbara Historical Museum. This is one of California’s best collections of history and artifacts of the region. This is a nice place to learn about the local history as well as some fine art and photography. There is also a natural history museum. It is set along some beautiful grounds with the Spanish style buildings and gardens. They focus on more of the California history as well as the North West Coast with the Chumash Indians and artifacts left behind. There are lots of insect exhibits as well as live reptiles. There is a wonderful display of birds and all kinds of other land and sea creatures.

Another great activity to do while in Santa Barbara is some great drives out to the wineries. This area has boomed over the past few years with some great well known wines of all varieties. Cambria makes some wonderful Pinot Noir. Qupe and Au Bon Climat make some great white and red wines and have been getting some more notice over the past couple of years. Byron is a must stop. They have some fantastic wines of different varieties and I am sure that their staff could direct you into some of the other great wineries to visit near by. The Santa Barbara Winery is also a more well known vineyard to stop at, however, don’t be timid to stop at some of the more boutique vineyards. This is were you will find some real treasures to bring home with you. There is a lot of personal care that goes into the smaller bottlers and the tastings are often a little more for the buck.

There are at least six Houston attractions to enjoy. They are: Space Center Houston (NASA), Downtown Aquarium, Houston Museum of Natural Resources, Houston Zoo and the Health Museum. The most favored among all Houston attractions is the aquarium. You might ask why this is considered to be the most favored. Here are five reasons to see the Houston Aquarium:

1st Uniqueness. Among all Houston attractions there, are the most diverse aquariums since, as you can see here is not the usual stuff you see everywhere you go. The things that you can see this, you need to go deep to look for as the name suggests, the Houston Aquarium creatures of the deep.

2nd Hundreds of species. Here in the aquarium waiting hundreds of species to be noted and appreciated. Sure, you’ll see the splendor of the deep when you visit this place as one of the many Houston attractions available. This is one way to learn while having fun.

3rd Interaction with the creatures. The Houston Aquarium, you need to not only see things in depth, all the hundreds of species, but you can interact with them by playing with them or feed them. This would increase the fun with the experience and learning. By interacting with them, will the memory of the moment remains clearly within you. 4th White Tigers. Yes, also located in Houston Aquarium is the magnificent white tiger of the Maharajah’s Temple. It is quite amazing to see as the common yellow striped tigers. They are just wonderful to watch in white. That is also why it is best to visit Houston attractions, namely Houston Aquarium because they offer not only marine animals but they are also seeing the rare terrestrial animals.