Blogs from United States, North America - page 6839

Golden Gate Park Presidio - East Battery Alcatraz. Clam Chowder in a Sour Dough Roll. ... read more

I spent several hours visiting Celebrity's cruise ship The Infinity yesterday. She was docked in the Port of San Diego. I found the day to be a success, due to picturesque setting of the San Diego Harbor, and the many features and amenitites that make up this upscale cruise ship. The "Infinity" is the second of Celebrity's ships I have done shipboard inspections on. I visited the Mercury while at a trade show last June in Seattle. The Mercury was built in 1997; the Infinity in 2001. She contains 1,059 total accommodations, which is a combination of 50 suites, 853 outside cabins (with balcony and without) and 206 inside staterooms. The Infinity offers a mixture of traditional assigned dining, alternative restaurants and one restaurant upgade for an additional price of $30 per person per meal. Reservations ... read more

The next morning after doing some much needed laundry we set off to San Fransisco, arriving around lunchtime. Our first real experience of crack addicts - which was truly disturbing. As we were quite early, the room at the hotel wasn't ready, so we parked the car in the hotel garage and went off in search of some action. We found it at Castro (the Gay district). There was a "Post Pride" festival on (what luck); food, music stalls and beer!! We stayed till it finished in the late afternoon, and a nice old fella called George helped us find the way home (because of the festival some of the tram stops were closed. Of course we bumped in to a "queen from Sydney" his own words (I think Ausies are other Ausie magnets)! And ... read more

So we drove on to Yosemite with a brief stop in a motel in Merced to give our backs a rest. We were told it would be impossible to get a space on a camp site but actually we had no trouble. We stayed here for a few days and went on a horse ride, hired bikes and did a couple of walks. The famous waterfalls weren't flowing but we saw lots of wildlife - a couple of different types of squirrel including small red stripey ones, a tarantula, lots of deer, a wolf ( we think ). On our last walk on which I left Sara for the bears half way up I saw a large Bob Cat which is a lot cuter than a mountain lion looking mostly like a super size moggy.... read more

We Have Arrived into The USA after many Long hours on the 13 hour flight from sydney to San Francisco in which were refused alcohol due to daniels Mate!! (A 40 Year Old Drunk Girl from Not Sure America Some Where) To paint a picture White Shirt Drink Red Wine need i say any more LOL!! we are all proud of that effort.. We pickup up our Supershuttle from the airport to the hotel we check in Handlery Union Square Right in the main part of town since im a veteran US traveler Dan had to Adjust A little quicker than me who would of thought the walking across the road would be so hard LOOK LEFT FIRST TRUST ME!! First stop Subway we needed food after 21 hours of no sleep so far we needed ... read more