Blogs from San Francisco, California, United States, North America - page 183

...continue... Nachdem wir also den Nachmittag am Strand verbracht haben, sind wir am Abend Richtung San Francisco aufgebrochen. Ich hatte mich entschieden den Pacific Highway, also die langsamere Route aber schönere, zu fahren. Und das hat sich auch gelohnt. Entlang des Pazifiks hatte man eine traumhafte Sicht auf den Ozean und alles im Licht des abends, wie im Film eben. Da macht es richtig Spaß zu fahren. Eigenltich wollten wir an den Abend nur zwei oder drei Stunden in Richtug San Francisco fahren. Wir haben uns dann aber umentschieden und sind nachts noch bis kurz vor San Francisco nach Salinas gefahren. Das war ein bißchen unheimlich. Kein Mensch war auf den Starßen unterwegs und die Landschaft konnte man auch nicht erkennen. Mich hat es also auch nicht gewundert, als mir ein Geist vor die Windschutzscheibe geflogen ... read more

Well we arrived safe and sound on Wednesday afternoon (San Fran time), after an extremelly loooooooong flight!!!!!!! We have both settled in quite well now and are now fully accustomed to the sights and sounds of San Francisco!!!!!! We have been busy bees over the last few days - seeing quite a lot of the sights of San Fran including Alcatraz and Lombard Street!!! I will try get some picture on here over the next couple of days so you can get a better idea of what it is like and all the things we have been doing!! xx... read more

Hei alle sammen der hjemme. Naa er det lenge siden vi har skrevet her, men det er ikke vaar skyld. For i USA har de fleste PC hjemme og det er jammen ikke lett og finne en skikkelig PC. Vi startet i San Fransisco med ett ganske saa kraftig regnver, men det ga seg fort. Vi bodde paa ett greit hotell, eneste ulempen var stroket det laa i. San Fransiscos oppsamlingsgate for RARE mennesker. San Fransisco er en kjempe fin by og vi fant paa masse morsomt aa gjore. Den storste opplevelsen var Alcatraz, her fikk vi en god oppfattning av hvordan det var aa vere fange. Ikke bare saa vi bilder av fangene, en av fangene var faktisk der i levende live (og han var ekkel ass). San Fransisco er som kjent bare oppover og ... read more

As the title suggests San Francisco is full of hills and they are all too bloody steep. The first day we thought that an old fashioned walk around San Fran would be in order. We started by walking from our hostel in Union Square (downtown) out to the famous Golden Gate Bridge. We walked up and down, up and down and then up and down again and we finally got to the bridge. Being on foot our only option to get across the bridge was to walk. So we walked the approximately 1.2kms across to get some great views of San Fran from the other side and then walked back again. We oohhed and aahhed at the bridge for a while as it is a very impressive bridge. After this we wanted some lunch so we ... read more

Let me start by saying, after spending several months in perminant summer time, arriving in San Francisco was a HUGE shock to the system. We arrived on the evening of 22nd and had to put on every piece of clothing we had! It was 8 degrees but the wind chill made it feel like minus 10! We are now all cosy in hats, gloves and thermals! Today we started with a good hearty breakfast in the trendy North Beach area of the city, near to the place where Joe Di Maggio married Marilyn Monroe called Washington Square. We filled up on a great American Breakfast of bagels, coffee and eggs etc and then headed for a classic Tram ride down towards the Piers. Riding up and down the cities famous steep hills, we came eventually to ... read more