<span>Magic
realism is all about creating a setting in which the characters
experience magical elements as something common to their everyday
lives and not as something fantastic, just like the snow is common
from somebody living in the northern hemisphere, but is somehow weird
for someone who has never seen it. The serious tone is fundamental
for the credibility of the magical elements as part of the everyday
life and not as something outstanding. </span>
This is a compound sentence, because there are two independent clauses here: 1. On our vacation we are flying to California + and + 2. then we will drive up the coastline.
