The cool thing about Mr. Hearsts' place is that Europe is tied in all throughout the property, and architecture. This balcony was inspired by the Doge's Palace in Venice.
This is the Neptune pool. Can't you just imagine yourself basking in the pool?
She seems to have found herself to be quite at home.
I thought it was funny to see men in State Park Uniforms cleaning the pool!
This fun dress was in one of the guest bathrooms. It made me think of you Neola! Orange and Cheery!
Can you imagine cleaning gold leafed grout? No Comet on those guys! 
We were there in time to hear the bells in the tower chime!
Talk about a dinner party! You could have the whole neighborhood over with this table!
For Mark, I spotted this catchup. If W.R. Hearst can have catchup on his table, so can you!
In the pool under the tennis courts I realise just how many potential quilts are in the tile! (And yes, more gold leaf!)
Pinwheels! 
Luke was especially fond of this pool. Check out the diving platform behind him!
After the the castle we went to the beach where we spotted LOTS of elephant seals sunbathing! You could see the steam rising off of them! These guys are HUGE! Well except for the babies. Below you can see one of the babies (bottom middle)by his Mom and Dad's heads.
Luke and I met a Marine Biologist and her husband who were observing the different beaches with binoculars. They gave us a LOT of really interesting information. We think this elephant seal is the one they saw being born Wednesday before we got there.For Grandma G, I think maybe your cows should come vacation with Mr. Hearsts cows. (I know its a small cluster but the big groups of cows were located in inconvenient places to stop and take pictures.)
Check out their view!
On our way home we stopped on one of the touristy streets to grab some fish and chips to eat! They were yummy! AND I saw this beauty walking back to the car. Isn't it DARLING!
