1/9/20

Driving down the west coast, we made a pit stop at the world-famous "Enchanted Hill" or better known as, Hearst Castle. This National Historic Landmark was built between 1919 to 1947, this castle was William Randolph Hearst's beloved project. Stories go on to tell that he couldn't stop working on the castle to save his life. 
The Main house was called "La Casa Grande", and here he collected many art pieces and European antiques. Between 15 main rooms in the house, guesthouses, pools and 8 different gardens, Hearst was never lonely. Guests included President Calvin Coolidge, Winston Churchill  Charlie Chaplin and many more business and publishing celebrities.
Hearst was not only a lover of art, but he was a business man, a newspaper publisher and a politician. We learned about Hearst primarily though Professor Xaver in Mass Media by watching a well-known movie called "Citizen Kane". Where the movie's main character portray's stories and parts of Hearst and his remembering stories. 

After leaving Hearst's Castle we drove a couple hours down south to LA, where we then got settled into our hotel where we'd be staying the next few weeks!