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Posted by raquels | 20th June 2007

Hi All

Last Saturday my Uncle Mike took me and Marie to Hearst Castle. Also along for the experience was Gabriel, Uncle Mikes son (11) and Yolanda my aunt.

Me and muz bussed up to Santa Barbara 8.46am (if you don't see anything wrong with that, you haven't ever tried to get Marie out of bed before 10am), and got there about 9.30. Luckily a bit early so we had time to go pick up some FOOD before Uncle Mike was there to pick us up.

Post-consumption of food, muz promptly fell asleep in the car (day after the night before... the night of the graduation party)...

After a 3 hour drive up the coast, we got to San Simeon where Hearst Castle was built. OK quick history lesson:
WR Hearst contructed the Castle over a few decades from when he inherited his fathers mining fortune in middle age. However by then he'd already made his own money in publishing (newspapers) and also owned a film production company among

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