City at night

San Francisco

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January 12th 2008
33 Hours after leaving Winter Park I finally arrived in San Francisco at 9pm. Caught the connecting bus to the downtown area then I had to walk a number of blocks uphill to my hotel. Found a place that does fish and chips and had that for dinner, the first in a long time. The next morning I walked down to the Yerba Buena Gardens, which is a tiny little park in amongst all the buildings of down ... read more

North America » United States » California » San Francisco

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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