Blogs from San Francisco, California, United States, North America - page 210

Jo dragged my ass out of bed at 0830 (NB I am writing this bit a few days later in a bar in San Francisco and she dictated that last bit to me). We cabbed to Las Vegas airport and caught our America West flight to San Francisco, arriving at 1310. San Franciscos public transport system (BART) is amongst the best anywhere in the world and we were at Powell & Market in no time at all. My previous memories of San Francisco flooded back as we were met by a homeless guy offering directions to our hotel. This is unfortunately commonplace in San Francisco but these guys are always making the effort and are without doubt the most entrepreneurial bums anywhere. He was a nice enough bloke and he knew where we were going so ... read more

San Francisco: Feb 18th - 22nd 2006 So we boarded our plane back at Heathrow for our 10 hour flight over to San Fran, during which time Virgin Atlantic presented every passenger with about 7 meals and 25 snacks of varying kinds (not that we complained, we're budgeting for the next 6 months...dry bread and water for us...and besides who's going to turn down free ice cream...?). We kept ourselves entertained with the in-flight games, mainly Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (I think Katie managed a record 32,000..) Anyway, we arrived in San Francisco and after retrieving our bags made our way to the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit...or something similar) and lugged our packs onto the train for the half hour train ride. Every station was announced by an excessively cheery train conductor-type who ... read more

First post. Went on city tour which took about 4 hours and went everywhere. Crossed golden gate bridge. It was shiny. Went to Alcatraz. Awesome views from the island, interesting things to see and do, great self-guided tour. Pictures at a later date, as and when i get to a PC which lets me upload them. Bye! UPDATE: Add photos, make sure you view the full article to see them all.... read more

Slept better last night due to the use of ear plugs. The English duo who arrived the night before were leaving because the hostel is too quiet, I agree! But we stay cos it's so cheap for a major city. It's time for our trip to Alcatraz, the famous prison on the island in the bay. The ferry took us to the island where we had a good 2-3 hours to walk around by ourselves and also with a personal audio guide walkman which was excellent. On our return we took the 'historic' F-line tram to the town hall and walked back through the crack-den Tenderloin district to Union Square where we took a lift to the top of Macy's department store for the view of the city centre. Next stop was to take one of ... read more

If you had a list of the things that made up a full, rich life, would you include a date in San Francisco under a full moon? Would the fact that it was a blind date and you would be making a special stop just for that purpose add to the romance or scare you off? I had not considered such a thing to be on my list until the opportunity presented itself. Thanks to my sister-in-law and her Jewish match-maker instincts I was presented with the opportunity during my travel down the West Coast. Scott Peck wrote that the element of mystery is a big part of romance. San Francisco is the West Coast’s most romantic city. Add a full moon, and how can you not give it a shot. Spending time with an attractive, ... read more