Blogs from Alcatraz, San Francisco, California, United States, North America - page 3

On this trip to San Francisco, I was on business. Yet I still made some time to go enjoy the sites. I spent some time riding around on the trolley cars. I also spent some time taking pictures of the lovely San Francisco Bridge. I definitely had to take a drive both ways on it before I left, just to say I had done so. I love the water, so I figured a cruise that included going to Alcatraz was just too good to pass up! This included a tour of San Francisco and of the great cell block at Alcatraz. I met some fun people on this tour and that is always something I enjoy. Everywhere I go, I get to meet great people! On my last trip to San Francisco, I stayed at the ... read more

5th & 6thFebruary San Francisco Arrived San Francisco early morning, and passed under Golden Gate Bridge just after 5.15 am. Before disembarkation for our trips we had to pass through immigration (AGAIN). Our allotted time was 07.45 am. An hour and a half later we passed through the immigration channel. You can imagine the frustration in the queue which literally stretched the length of the ship at one stage. No one was leaving the ship until everyone had been seen!! And there’s always one (or in this case three) that held up proceedings!! This stop is also a changeover port and some 1400 passengers will disembark over the next two days. There will also be some changes in the crew including the captain. It will be interesting to see how the dynamics change with new passengers ... read more

Today Akela has a plan... we should discover San Francisco in all it’s beauty and the reality of life within by public transport and we set out early to catch the first tram of the day with a rover ticket which allowed us access to all the transport options.We bought our tickets and sat on the tram heading downtown for breakfast, it was misty and cold which is the norm early doors apparantly. The old tram is operated by cables and is iconic in any travel brochures for SF. It pulled its way up the steep hills and down the other side with the guy behind operating the huge brakes and telling Mike all about the engineering side. This was the first tram of the day and yet by the time we hit town trams coming ... read more

Hello everyone, today's entry details our first day in San Francisco and the trip the Alcatraz Island. We rose early once again as we had been advised to book onto the first boat of the day at 8:45 so that the island wouldn't be too crowded whilst we were there. This was good advice as it did indeed become very crowded as we were leaving at 11. The boat trip out across the bay was great as it gave us a chance to look back at the city skyline although the weather here could rival England. It is much colder then we have experienced so far this holiday, struggling to reach above 20 degrees so those of us who had the foresight to pack a jumper have been fine whilst others have quickly bought one. When ... read more

C'etait le jour prevu de ma visite d'Alcatraz prevu dans mon 'package' de 3 jours all-dressed. Il me restait la journee complete pour profiter de mon Hop-and-Hop a volonte. Fanny voulait prendre un 24h avec la compagnie pour pouvoir suivre, mais si elle voulait venir a Alcatraz avec moi, il fallait prendre le 3 jrs. Bref, la gentille representante de la compagnie ma donne une extantion de 2 jours, donc Fan a finalement pris le meme forfait que moi. Nous avions notre croisiere pour la prison a 14:30h, donc nous sommes arrees virees a Sausalito et traversees le pont en am. Alcatraz etait cool, j'ai pris beaucoup de photos. Nous n'avons pas fait TOUT le tour de l'isle car c'est trop gros et long. J'ai fait la partie des cellules... et de la cuisine bien sur! ... read more