This could have been us yelling out from down the back of the Air NZ 777 flight 008 bound for SanFrancisco as we bumped our way up the South Pacific to the equator. Things looked promising for an upgrade in the departure lounge when Gretchen was asked to step to one side after her boarding pass threw up a red light.A couple before us were upgraded to something flasher than cattle class and we thought öh boy this will be good".However it was not to be.Just the video in the back of the allocated seat was not working and we would [View Full Entry]

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The debauchery begins tomorrow. We all fly to Amsterdam tomorrow for the weekend. Then it's a flight to Warsaw to pick up the car and start driving around the northern countries...Lithuania, Latvia, possibly Estonia... There won't be much blogging on this trip, but I will try to post pictures of Matty trying to dance with local girls, Mazzola's arrests, Plosky's frustration and all the churches and stuff Billy and I build! ;-) Wish us luck! [View Full Entry]

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Vi var en lille uge i San Francisco, som desvaerre blev lidt paavirket af, at vi fik et hotel der laa lige midt i et meget grimt kvarter, hvor der var hjemloese overalt. Selve hotellet var heller ikke saa fantastisk, da vores værelse var ca. 6 kvm og bad/toilet var paa gangen. Men vi oplevede ikke noget ubehageligt, ud over at det kunne vaere lidt utrygt at gaa hjem efter moerkets frembrud. Ellers havde vi nogle fine dage, hvor vi dog kunne begynde at maerke, at vi snart skulle hjem, og vi var lidt maettede af de talloese fantastiske oplevelser vi [View Full Entry]

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Today we went to Muir woods, one of the last places where the giant redwoods can be seen. They were wonderful and the place was peaceful and the trees majestic. The highest is over 250ft tall. You can see scars where the trees survived a fire over 100 years ago. Then on to Sausalito. A very expensive yachting port where the houses are over 2 million dollars and upwards. We then went on a harbour cruise. As we approached the golden gate bridge, the fog cleared and we had wonderful views of the bridge and back towards Alctraz. [View Full Entry]

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Well, even with the delay, I had a great day. I thought it would be too much to spend 24 hours at the airport before a 15 hour flight and a 3 hour bus ride, so I hailed a taxi and went to a hotel. After a nap, I explored San Fran. I took the subway (called BART) down to Union Square. It's pretty much a tourist trap, but lots to look at. I walked over to Chinatown and had a great dinner, I figured it could be practice. It was so hard to not buy every gifts, but it would [View Full Entry]

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Great, a day when we did not have to get up very early to get on a coach. The hotel does not do proper breakfast, so started wlking down to the business district. Found a great diner and had breakfast there. Walked on exploring the city. There are more homeless here than 3 years ago and your heart goes out to them. Finally reached pier 1 by the Pacific ocean and walked towards pier 39. Found the bakery again, and had fabulous clam chowder whilst looking out over the sea towards Alcatraz and sipping perfectly chilled sparkling wine. Then a long [View Full Entry]

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We are heading up to SF for the Outside Lands Festival...really excited about it, will update blog soon. [View Full Entry]

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Well, this is quite the beginning to a trip. I started with a 5 am flight on one of those little baby planes where you can see the propellers and you have to walk outside to climb the stairs to get on. We arrrived in Seattle for a typical dreary, cloudy day. The flights into San Fran were delayed, so I managed to get on standby and fly out earlier. A lot of good it did me. I am now at the San Fran airport and Hong Kong Airport is closed due to severe weather. Our flight has been delayed a [View Full Entry]

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Today Bob treated us to a private tour of San Francisco. We started with breakfast in San Bruno, and then we drove around the really nice neighborhoods to gawk at the beautiful houses. We then drove around Richmond to see Jamie's sisters old apartment. Jamie and Bob disagreed on the actual location of her apartment but since jamie was only there for one afternoon when he was 11 and since bob has lived here for 23 years, we have to think that Bob probably knows better than Jamie. Maybe Gail could confirm the house we think it is? (See picture) After [View Full Entry]

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What a day it has been. An early start 8am from our hotel then on to Sacramento. A brief stop for a tour photo outside the governors house (arnie was not there) before continuing on to old Sacremento. As it was over 100 years ago. Whatched a bridge rise to let a paddle steamer past. Then it was on to San Francisco. A city tour wherethe fog ust lifted enough for us to finally see the Golden Gate bridge, Then the fog rolled back in. From our hotel we can hear the lonely sound of the fog horn across the bay [View Full Entry]

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