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Text 1. Сome & See the USA

New Orleans

The name of New Orleans conjures up images of jazz bands on Bourdon Street, Mardi Gras and Mississippi river boats. Go there and make your dreams come true.

The Grand Canyon

Don’t forget “the world’s most wonderful spectacle”: 396 km (277 miles) long, over 8 km (5 miles) wide and 1,609 metres (1 mile) deep. Take the Grand Canyon air trip for the experience of a life-time.

Nashville

Come to Nashville, Tennessee, the country and western music capital. See Elvis Presley’s solid gold Cadillac.

Cheyenne* Frontier Days* Rodeo

Cheyenne, Wyoming: The oldest US rodeo and the granddaddy of them all is a long-standing tradition in Wyoming. In addition to the usual competitive events, there are night shows, featuring country and western performers and wagon races. Last full week in July.

Information: PO Box 2385, Cheyenne, WY 82001 (307634-7794).

San Francisco

What will inspire you is the sight of the Golden Gate Bridge soaring across a blue and sunlit sea. Travel on a cable car to Nob Hill, eat seafood overlooking the bay. Leave your heart in San Francisco.

New York! New York!

This city, often referred to as “the Big Apple”, has starred in a million movies and its skyline is the most famous in the world. Don’t miss the Metropolitan, Guggenheim and Natural History museums, Greenwich Village, Wall Street and The Statue of Liberty. Best views are from the top of the Empire State Building, Staten Island Ferry (a 1-hour round trip for just a few cents) and the Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park. Shop at Macy’s and Gimbels, window-shop at the excellent stores along Fifth Avenue.

Boston

Visit the cradle of the American Revolution. From Boston to Washington D.C., it is 719 km (450 miles). Along this coastal strip more than 20% of the population live in less than 2% of the country’s land area.

Washington D.C., at the southern end of this string of cities, has little industries and no skyscrapers. The Capitol, the White House, the Washington Monument and the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials are the major landmarks.