Blogs from Union Square, San Francisco, California, United States, North America - page 9

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So I arrived at San Francisco at about 9pm on Thursday following a solid 24 hours of travelling. The journey was pretty standard although there was the awkward moment where I had to explain to the boarder police man that meteorology is actually about the weather, not space, and then lie and say that yes I did of course want to be a weather girl (he then proceeded to tlel me what the weather was going to be like for the next few days). This was quickly followed by a sprint through the airport after casually sitting at the wrong gate in the wrong terminal for 40 minutes. When I finally reached my hostel (Google maps definitely does not show hills), I found that Amie was staying in the same room as me, so that was ... read more
Golden Gate Bridge


Sorry we haven't wrote in a while Las Vgeas took it out on us, been in San Francisco for three days now and still absolutely shattered. The first day we arrived we caught up on some well needed sleep and met some people in the hostel we are staying in. We met one guy from Manchester abd someonefrom Quebec, we ended up getting some drinks from the nearby store and drinking out on the veranda for a while then sleeping. We havent actually got round to doing an open top tour bus anywhere yet so we decided to do one around San Francisco and bought a two day pass. The first day we generally explored the areas and saw Little Italy and had a delicious panni for our lunch! YUMMY! From there we got back on ... read more


San Francisco The decision was made long ago that San Francisco was worth a week. We knew it probably deserved longer, and we were right, but a week was all we could reasonably spend. Being highly competent researchers, but challenged occasionally when it comes to detail, we never really understood that the bit that is actually 'San Francisco' is just 7 miles by 7 miles. There are other 'bits' that cover a very large area, but then they aren't really San Francisco, just cities that have somehow attached themselves to the matriarch's train, so to speak. Of course, an area of 7 miles by 7 miles is going to be pretty easy meat to deal with in a week. We could do it using the 'foot Falcon' without a worry. One of the advantages of creating ... read more
A nice day on the Bay
Ziplining at the Embarcadero
Alley in the Mission District


So my plan for going to the golden gate bridge were stopped today as it was so cold and very foggy. I walked as far as i could but it just got too much and i decided to head back. Next time! So i got some dinner from In & Out, i have been wanting to go ever since I saw The Big Lebowski(it is kind of a running thing in it) Anyway those burgers are good!! They make them fresh to order and they arent like crappy mcdonalds flat burgers, they are proper thick with nice buns and salad. The fries are freshly cut on premises too! I sat at the beach for a while with my dinner and watched the Sharkfest which was a big swim competition in the bay, it was really good, ... read more
tasty burger
freddys bling
pizza


Wow what a day!! After i recovered from my hike to Lombard i took the bus to fishermans wharf but got off at the beach. It is so beautiful and i just know im going to be sad to leave on sunday. I sat with my feet in the warm bay water and it was just lovely. Fishermans wharf reminds me of the opening credits of The Lost Boys, especially at night! It has that kind of vibe. Lets get to it, Alcatraz!! Well i had read reviews about how cold it is on the ferry on the night tours and they aint kidding, i had layered up but i was still shivering!! It felt very surreal being at the prison, especially as i had watched Escape From Alcatraz recently. You take a 45 min audio ... read more
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The fake head
So cooling on my tired feet


So I arrived finally at 2am!! I slept most of the flight but i was still so tired!! I was moved to the emergency door row which has LOADS of legroom(a family was there and kids cant sit there) The attendant was like "If you sit here you must help in an emergency" haha I was half dead, I wouldnt have been much use! So my fears were right, my rep was nowhere to be seen!! Luckily i had gotten talking to a couple on their honeymoon from Sheffield and they were staying at the same hotel. So I jumped in there shuttle and paid $17. I went straight to bed when i unpacked knowing i had to be up early for my movietour and to meet the rep in lobby. The rep was lovely and ... read more
Pier 39
The Big Stick and Alcatraz
About to get splashed!


Today Lucy and I hit up North Beach (not a beach) for a little culture. It was where the Beat poets originated and we visited the famous City Lights Bookshop and publishing for a little Zine reading. Got a couple of cute ones. We walked through China town to get there which was busy and full of lucky cats. Plus we visited a giant chinese pet store...2 words - PUG PUPPIES. I actually felt really bad for the poor little guys, panting in the heat in their tiny little cage. It took every fibre in my being not to buy one... We'd heard about this restaraunt called 'The Stinking Rose' which, as you may guess by the name, was an eatery dedicated to garlic. We. Stink. Glad our other halfs aren't here because we would not ... read more


We had a good trip to San fran on the plane with an hour and a half stop over in Lima (back where it all started!). Then hopped back on for another 9 hours. We slept for a lot of it which was really good and just awoke for breakfast! Disappointed cos it was the same airline as when we flew to Lima on the 1st day and so had the same movies! We were really hanging out to see the hangover 2 cos apparantley its hilarious,. So we arrived in San Fran at about 8.30am, trained into the city and then bused to Alanna's house without actually getting lost! Incredible! Though very long story but we did have an almost wetting ones self moment on the train, with some very grumpy san fran residents being ... read more
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Yesterday Lucy and I visited the Golden Gate park. After stumbling into a disc golf course and back out again we managed to navigate our way to the Japanese tea garden there which was cute. I can imagine it would even be pretty tranquil if there weren't hordes of tourists occupying every square meter. We managed to knock over a bamboo fence while we were there which didnt exactly help the vibe... Then Lucy nearly fell into a khoi carp pond while taking a photo of me. We kind of tagged along behind a guided tour where the grumpy old tourguide basically pointed out everything that was wrong with the garden. "This is actually a Chinese pagoda but the city of SF seem to have just dumped any asian artifacts in here" was our favourite line, ... read more


San Fransisco Juni 2011 Deze keer weet ik niet zo goed waar te beginnen. Er is nogal wat gebeurd in één week. Hubert en ik zijn een aantal maanden bezig geweest om de trip naar San Fransisco te plannen. Hiervoor is Willeke naar Nederland geweest om haar vader en vriendinnen te zien, het was een goeie trip. Terwijl we in het vliegtuig zaten van Costa Rica naar Houston / San Fransisco is Willeke's vader overleden. Hij is in April 88 jaar oud geworden en is de laatste maanden snel oud geworden. Alles is goed, hij is heel vredig heengegaan en hij wilde heel graag dat we zouden gaan trouwen. Dat hebben we dan ook gedaan ! Veel liefs pap, we zullen u nooit vergeten. Hij maakte grapjes tot op het laatst, zo was hij nu eenmaal. ... read more
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04 San Fransisco salt flats , San Fransisco zout pannen




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