Downtown San Francisco

Escape to Alkatraz

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April 20th 2007
Today I am in search of socks! Weird as this may sound, I packed far too many summer clothes and now we've run out of socks. There's a Sports Basement near Golden Gate Bridge and stupidly I shun the Sat Nav in favour of my good sense of direction. This nearly turns into a disaster, we realise too late that we've missed the turning for Crissy Fields and are heading straight for Golden Gate Bridge ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more