Forest of the Giants

With my 1m70, I’m not the shortest girl around, definatly not in the US or Spain. However when driving through Sequoia National Parc, even the tallest person on earth would feel like a midget. Of all places I’ve visited in my (young) life, this is the place that made me feel most impressed: I felt like Alice in Wonderland, driving through this parc honestly feels like you entered a fairytale! The trees are actually not the highest in the world, but boy do they have a diameter!! General Sherman tree is the sequoia with the largest volume in the world. Its the biggest living thing on earth, aged an estimated 2500 years, weighing a solid 1300 ton. A must for this popular creature, but a pity for me; nobody is allowed to touch its trunk, leave alone trying to climb the tree. I think the juices in its trunk can make quite some hearable natural sounds.
Driving through the remarkably quiet parc (we date July after all) we come across some giants that had lost their balance and went horizontal. Look at me sitting in front of a root there, am so tiny!! We took a little hike, finding amazing places hidden in the forest, such as swamps, the greenest meadows you can imagine, and beautiful views over Sequoia Parc. One of the highlights of our hike was running into deer. Thank god we did not encounter any bears, I admit I was so scared all day we’d meet one of them! Though they are not agressive animals by nature, some learnt that tourist carry yummy goods on them, making them as wanted by the bears as candies on a children’s playground.
Driving to our lodge that night it was completely dark and quiet out in the forest and mountains, absolutely fabulous. I sure did sleep like an Alice in Wonderland, and waking up I found myself still in this dream, sadly time to pack up and return back to the city, at least, the city of angels.