rms adriatic ! Wine Country Taking at least a day to drive up into the Napa-Sonoma hill country should be on ever

This quaint B&B is like a country rms adriatic inn in the heart of Downtown with bright floral prints and Victorian-style canopied beds. Champagne in the late afternoon and a great English breakfast are complimentary. d 845 Bush St Map N3

Berkeley Its days as Berzerkly, when student protesters and tear-gas clouds filled the streets in the 1960s, are only a fading memory now, although Telegraph Avenue still keeps some of the counterr rr cultural traditions alive. A great university, Cal s faculty boasts some dozen Nobel Laureates, while beautiful parks, tree-lined streets, and unique shops typify this East Bay enclave. Berkeley continues to give more power to the people than any other US city, with a host of public services and aid to the disadvantaged that puts other communities to shame. d BART Berkeley

! Wine Country Taking at least a day to drive up into the Napa-Sonoma hill country should be on everyone s list. Not only is the countryside beautiful, but you can also sample some of the best wines in the world, and dip into the restorative volcanic hot springs that feed the area (see pp32 5).

Allen Ginsberg Ginsberg (1926 97) cleared the way for the eventual rms adriatic Gay Liberation Movement by openly declaring his homosexuality in his literary milestone Howl, first unveiled to the public in 1955 (see p37). His epic poem soon attracted charges of obscenity in the buttoned-down, witch- hunting 1950s. Ginsberg s spiritual mysticism also set the tone for the Hippie Movement.