Mountain View (California) Sights

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• Computer History Museum, 1401 N Shoreline Blvd (near Highway 101), ☎ +1-650-810-1010, www.computerhistory.org. W,F,Su 1PM-4PM Sa 11AM-5PM. World's largest and most complete computer history museum, documenting the area's primary industry. Free entrance.

• Castro Street. Castro Street is a charming district full of ethnic diversity and interesting local businesses. Although there is a strong Asian prescense among restaurants and shops, many different cultures are represented along these blocks. There is a weekly farmer's market and on certain Thursdays it is home to a great street fair with vendors and a classic car show. Also convenient access from public transportation by way of several trains and busses. If you live near this area or in most of Mountain View, Google provides free Wi-Fi internet all over (it's fast too).

• Shoreline Wildlife Refuge Area and Trail, In Shoreline Park at the end of Shoreline Boulevard, Mountain View, ☎ 650.903.6392, shoreline@ci.mtnview.ca.us. Once the site for dumping trash, Mountain View closed this area as a dump and turned it into a park instead. Now it's a lovely a beautiful 700-acre park with a saltwater lake, golf course, rolling grassy hills, and bay trails.

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• www.computerhistory.org