Blogs from San Francisco, California, United States, North America - page 14

After several trips throughout Asia, it was nice to be able to look forward to going the other direction to America. Two weeks from San Fran down to L.A with plenty of family time from start to finish. San Francisco is well known for it Golden Gate bridge, Alcatraz and steep hills. The first day we did a first in our travels and that was to take a hop on and hop off sightseeing bus which was actually not too bad as we were able to get around the city quite easily seeing as it is quite big. The bus went over the Golden Gate bridge which was covered in fog which is actually a common thing, also very windy but that was quite a fun experience, almost like taking a level roller-coaster, hold on to ... read more

Montag, 14.08.2017: Nachdem wir gestern Abend noch ein bisschen unser Viertel "Union Square" erkundeten und entdecken mussten, dass man hier fürs Abendessen vor einem Lokal anstehen muss ☹, ging es heute Morgen zum Helikopterflug über San Francisco. Das Wetter war nicht ideal, aber immerhin nicht so nebelig wie am Tag davor. Der Flug selbst war Wahnsinn: Wir starteten zunächst auf dem Privatfeld des internationalen Flughafens, umgeben von Privatjets, flogen dann über die Vorstadtbezirke und Wohngebiete direkt zum Stadtzentrum, vorbei am financial district und den Wolkenkratzern bis hin zur Golden Gate Bridge, unter der wir zuerst durchflogen um anschließend noch einmal drüber zu fliegen!!!! Wir landeten dann in einem eher reichen Wohnviertel „Sausalito“, wo uns als Teil des Erlebnisses noch ein Essen zu Zweit erwartete, das wir aber zu Viert mit zwei super netten Amerikanerinnen ge... read more

INTRODUCTION (It's all come down to this). Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Stephen and you are about to accompany me on a number of firsts, (assuming you choose to continue reading). This is my first Blog, my first foray into writing, my first cross country road trip, and my first time moving back to the U.K. My traveling companions on this adventure are my delightful Husband Antonio, and our two mostly delightful children AJ and Graciela (5 and 4 years old). I say mostly because we are only two hours into the trip and about 5 minutes into our first meltdown. This one belongs to Gracie, but I'm sure before this is all over we will all be able to lay claim to a few of our own. I'll start you off with ... read more

Our day began with a tour of UC Berkeley. It was Catie's first college tour and I think it was an excellent place to start. We learned a lot about the school and it's history - including its rivalry with Stanford. At the start of our tour it was 58° and foggy but by end of it (at 11:30) it was sunny and almost 70°. After a quick lunch on campus, we took the BART to San Francisco. Negotiating mass transit systems is not one of my strong suits. I have a long history of getting confused and turned around and BART was no exception to my misadventures. Catie is an excellent traveling partner and so we only got turned around once and thankfully we noticed our mistake early and were able to get on the ... read more

My favorite places and things to do in San Francisco: Market Street Railway vintage streetcars San Francisco's Municipal Railway has assembled one of the most diverse collections of vintage streetcars, trolleys, and trams in transit service anywhere. They go from Market Street (downtown SF) and run along the Embarcadero by the bay and end at Fisherman’s Wharf. https://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/ You can track some of the cars live - https://www.streetcar.org/live/ SF Cable Cars San Francisco’s manually operated cable car system is the last of its kind in the entire world TIP: to avoid the long lines at the downtown turnarounds, get on near Fisherman’s Wharf at the turnaround near Hyde and Beach Street. Ferry Building The Ferry Building survived the 1906 ... read more