Blogs from North Beach, San Francisco, California, United States, North America - page 8

Thanks to Jo, Jess and Drew for an amazing week in this beautiful city in California!... We finished our 4 month extended honeymoon with a week in San Francisco ... with the tour guide from heaven! Highlights include.... * Awakening every morning to a handwritten itinerary from our 'tour guide' Jo (look her up if you go to SF!) complete with mapped out route! * Stunning city, beautiful weather, chilly wind and crazy hills (ahhhh just like Welly!), great outdoor (and indoor) art, random street performers * Cycling over the Golden Gate bridge....completed fogged out while on the bridge and cloudless skies once we were off * Visiting permaculture gardens and our first rooftop garden throughout the city...lets get these going back home!...so easy, just add people and a bit of spare time... * Driving up ... read more

SAN FRANCISO Es ist heute der 10. November 2009 und das mit dem Projekt wie im vorhergehenden blog erwähnt, sieht nun einwenig anders aus. Ja, es ist ne ganze Weile her seit ende August in Hawaii. Wo ich dort leider nur kurz bleiben konnte, war es mir hier möglich einen langen Aufenthalt zu machen, doch wenn auch nicht lange genug wie sich rausstelle. Aber nun alles wiedermal der Reihe nach. Ich bin in San Francisco International Airport am Sonntag 29. August gegen 20.15 Uhr gelandet. Natürlich gut gelaut nach Hawaii, und vorallem auch weil das Einreisen in die US ja nun passè war und es nur noch ein domestic flight war, habe ich mich ins Taxi gesetzt. Auf die Frage des Fahrers wohin es gehen sollte, habe ich nur geantwortet, dass ich gehofft hätte dass ... read more

I have no idea why I woke up at 5.00am but I did....it is what it is...right Jase!!!! Today was the day we go bike riding along the Golden Gate Bridge, this is going to be a big day. Stepped out of our hotel around 8.00, walked down to another little Diner called Max's & had breakfast it was good. Nice to have crispy bacon & eggs, but not so nice to get served up potatoes again, left these to the side, over the whole have fried up potatoes for breakfast. Walked down to catch a Trolley Cart which would take us to Pier 39, where we would grab the bikes for the day & ride along the wharves. The bike company's name was Blazing Saddles, very well ran company. Got on the bikes & progressed ... read more

Vandaag zijn we San Francisco wat meer gaan verkennen. Als eerste zijn we naar de cable car turntable gelopen bij Market st. Daar hebben we twee dag kaartjes gekocht waarmee we de hele dag met elk openbaar vervoer dat er is meerijden mogen. Dus hebben we de cable car genomen richting de cable car museum. Daar is ook het aandrijfsysteem van deze treintjes. Hier wordt een simpele maar goede uitleg gegeven over het systeem. De drie lijnen die er zijn kennen 4 verschillende kabels die door 4 verschillende motoren aangedreven wordt. Iedere motor heeft 580PK wat me genoeg lijkt. Ik kan er nog wel meer over vertellen en heb plenty foto's van het systeem, maar ik zal jullie er niet verder mee vervelen. Na het cable car museum zijn we naar Chinatown gelopen het was net ... read more

Hey! What a crazy day. We went to the Asian Art Museum to see the Samurai exhibit and met up with our couch surfing friend Michael. After that we attempted to go to a block party which was really dumb. Then we went to Tommy's, a great mexican restaurant and started drinking margaritas. Oh boy this is going to be short....we ended up at Anna's house for dinner and hung out with Luca and a bunch of other Charleston people it was awesome!!!!! And now I'm eating cheesecake...and our couch surfing friend is coming skydiving with us tomorrow. Sorry this wasn't more interesting I've been drinking lots of wine. Goodnight1... read more