Blogs from Oakland, California, United States, North America - page 2

Our last full day in San Francisco and with the wet weather (continuing) and traffic, we decided to relocate tonight to make it easy to get to the train station on time... So we booked into the Inn @ Jack London Square. Let me tell you, it's a lovely location. Nice room, well appointed and comfortable. But let me begin the day again. So with all the best of intentions, we woke at 6am, then rolled back over and snoozed, before we finally got up and about at 9am... Of course with teenaged daughters it took a while, but we got to breakfast before it was done :) Then we headed back into San Francisco's city centre. Of course it's stills raining (I think that's just our luck in SF!) So we hurried around and found ... read more

W podróż z Los Angeles do San Francisco udaliśmy się słynną Pacific Coast Highway biegnącą w większości nad samym brzegiem oceanu. Przewodniki opisywały ja jako niebezpieczną drogę dla kierowców o silnych nerwach, z wąską jezdnią i lichymi barierkami, gdzie rzadko świeci słońce i we mgle można się najeść strachu. Nic bardziej mylnego. W naszym przypadku pogoda znów sprawdziła się w 100% i przez całą trasę mogliśmy podziwiać piękne widoki, a przed samym celem podróży zajrzeć do królestw karczochów. San Francisco zrobiło na nas wrażenie bardzo europejskiego miasta – pełno tu klimatycznych knajpek, zaułków, kolorowych domów i ulic pnących się wysoko lub spadających w dół. Jazda i parkowanie były kolejnym wyzwaniem… Nieodłącznym elementem krajobrazu jest też słynny zabytkowy tramwaj (cable car) oraz na nabrzeżu budki i restauracje serwujące kraby i inne owoce morza. Ciekawostką na stary... read more

Dusting off the Travelblog spiderwebs, with no reverence for Halloween. Incidentally, a very large spider moved in right outside the big window to remind me of the season, and I even got to see him drink lunch yesterday. I am writing again after years of forgetting about this blog, the one I started during my stay in Austria. For a while I wasn't traveling at all, and then I started doing some local daytrips and some overnighters here and there within the state of California. This November 2012 I will be undergoing an 8-day road tour from Northern California to Oklahoma City with only one other person - none other than my mom. I am looking forward to seeing landscapes I've only seen pictures of, and piecing together more parts of the American puzzle. I hope ... read more

I want to go to Europefor 12 daysmso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;">. By Kyrie von Erffa 9.15.12 http://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/win-a-12-day-trip-to-europe/ Dear Nomadic Matt, A fellow travel-loving friend of mine, Maneesh Sethi and I were talking the other day about life and the funny places it takes us. He recommended I dip into this drawing, in case life has a particularly exciting travel twist for me in the future! I believe I am the candidate for a 12 day trip to Europe. I am a traveler and wannabe global socialite, in the most humble of ways. I recently graduated from college, broke up with my boyfriend of more than two years, and am temporarily living in the bay area, pondering my next step, which may be going nomadic for a while. I am... read more

The plan was, if I woke up early, I would head to Marin, to Muir Woods. If not, then the Oakland Hills. After 3 nocturnal cat emergencies (I need you to walk me downstairs again, and remind me where my food is again, even though we’ve lived here six years) I did not wake up early. So Oakland it would be. I thought about what, exactly, I wanted for breakfast, since on vacation, you can have whatever you want. I made pancakes and bacon. I have to say, the pancakes came out perfectly, which is unusual for me. This might be a good omen. By noon-thirty, I was out of the house and driving to the Oakland Hills. Though I missed the window where traffic is light, and both tunnels heading west are open, I still ... read more