Blogs from North Beach, San Francisco, California, United States, North America - page 7

Well.... how on earth do I describe San Francisco?...amazing, unique, cosmopolitan, vibrant... there are not enough words to describe Ben and I's favourite city so far! I actually drew the short straw with it being my turn to do the San Fran blog as there is just so much to write about. As soon as we arrived in San Francisco (despite being bleary eyed having just endured an 18 hour overnight train journey!) we loved the place. There is an exciting buzz about San Fran which is difficult to describe. As a result, we dumped our bags in the hotel and despite being shattered, threw ourselves onto the streets of San Fran for an explore. The great thing about the city is that you can walk pretty much everywhere which is always our preference. We did ... read more

There were two san Francisco half marathon the first one that was full took you over the bridge so Philip has decided today to walk that route so he will have cover all 26.2 miles in two days and seen a large part of the city without sitting on open top bus maybe this could be our new career running tours of cities taking people on guided runs oh to dream. We deviate slightly from the route to walk along the stunning coastal walk in the golden gate prom past lands end and along the beach which involves some pretty daunting coastal steps not what you need the day after a run. But the views of the bay are stunning and its pretty quiet up here as everyone is no doubt at Fisherman’s wharf buying tacky ... read more

North Beach Festival June 20, 2010... read more

After breakfast we walked to pier 33 ready fro the ferry to 'THE ROCK'(Alcatraz, Devil's Island). Sun was shinning again, not so much to miss about Pontnewydd when the weather is so fine!! The ferry journey was great and the views were even better, we had a good look of The Golden Gate, and approach to Alcatraz was chilling. Once docked we had a briefing, then set off. First port was a projection show, then the tour of the Prison, with a personal headset the tour was really detailed and a laugh, saw where all the bad guys (Al Capone, Robert "Birdman" Stroud) did all sorts of bad stuff; trying to get into character!! After the tour we saw a guy called Darwin Coon, he was an inmate on Alcatraz, old now but still looked a ... read more

Our first day we took it easy and planned our next leg- VEGAS BABY!! Early afternoon we head out to the local shops, then went to a deli and bought a Ib of fresh King Prawns for 7 buck's, bargain!! Bought some other bits and bobs and head back to fry up some nice tea. Later that night we went fishing for a watering hole and came across a place called, 'Lefty O'Douls', we sat at the bar with some cold one's, had some banter with the bar man, then listened to some jazz piano, we requested ' Joker', and really enjoyed the night, this was really what we had been searching for since day 1!!... read more