Like being back in London - 10th to 13th July
We have definitely come back to the land of the real world. Yosemite was great and everything but it is just nice to be back in places where you can have a shower, use the internet and just generally live. If we could do the park again, I'd definitely be more prepared and NOT lose my wallet on the damn bus.
We have been in San Francisco now for a couple of days and things have got better. The place is really nice, though we did go from about 90 plus degrees to roughly 70 which was a bit of a shock. But it is so hot now here. The place is so nice, in many ways it is a better London. There are cool places to go have a drink, the shops are good and there is an awesome pier set up to walk along. The hills are big, but you can bypass them if you have to.
Today however, we didn't bypass any, we hit them all. We went up to the top of Lombard steet and went down the windy road that is a really steep hill. Then we went to the top of Coit Tower which over looks the city. We could see Alcatraz from there as it was a clear day but the Golden Gate bridge was a bit clouded over. The place is weird as the clouds or mists come through the city rather than over it, so some buildings can look over them. Very cool to watch.
Out of everywhere we have been this is the first place we felt that we fit in and could live here. As I said before it is very much like London but better.
So far we have walked everywhere in circles. About 8 miles a day we worked out, apart from Wednesday when we were a little hungover. We managed to find a great bar that did pints and food all for 3 dollars each. Then Sarah sensibly went to bed whilst I played drinking games with two girls from Denmark, a bloke from Blackburn and an American rocker. I lost...
We've also seen pirates of the caribbean as well, which was pretty piratey.
We have some excellent things planned for the next 4 days. Tomorrow we are going to hire mountain bikes and will cross the Golden Gate bridge, then go to Golden Gate Park in the afternoon. Saturday, we are going to see the San Francisco Giants play baseball all afternoon. Sunday we are on a trip to see the big trees in the morning followed by some cheese and wine tasting in the afternoon. Monday will see us go to Alcatraz. Maybe I can lock Sarah up for being mad crazed, but we can only hope.
These things are getting long so I'll finish up quickish...
One of the non favourite foods of the City - Deep fried lemon!
Laters
Pricey
We have been in San Francisco now for a couple of days and things have got better. The place is really nice, though we did go from about 90 plus degrees to roughly 70 which was a bit of a shock. But it is so hot now here. The place is so nice, in many ways it is a better London. There are cool places to go have a drink, the shops are good and there is an awesome pier set up to walk along. The hills are big, but you can bypass them if you have to.
Today however, we didn't bypass any, we hit them all. We went up to the top of Lombard steet and went down the windy road that is a really steep hill. Then we went to the top of Coit Tower which over looks the city. We could see Alcatraz from there as it was a clear day but the Golden Gate bridge was a bit clouded over. The place is weird as the clouds or mists come through the city rather than over it, so some buildings can look over them. Very cool to watch.
Out of everywhere we have been this is the first place we felt that we fit in and could live here. As I said before it is very much like London but better.
So far we have walked everywhere in circles. About 8 miles a day we worked out, apart from Wednesday when we were a little hungover. We managed to find a great bar that did pints and food all for 3 dollars each. Then Sarah sensibly went to bed whilst I played drinking games with two girls from Denmark, a bloke from Blackburn and an American rocker. I lost...
We've also seen pirates of the caribbean as well, which was pretty piratey.
We have some excellent things planned for the next 4 days. Tomorrow we are going to hire mountain bikes and will cross the Golden Gate bridge, then go to Golden Gate Park in the afternoon. Saturday, we are going to see the San Francisco Giants play baseball all afternoon. Sunday we are on a trip to see the big trees in the morning followed by some cheese and wine tasting in the afternoon. Monday will see us go to Alcatraz. Maybe I can lock Sarah up for being mad crazed, but we can only hope.
These things are getting long so I'll finish up quickish...
One of the non favourite foods of the City - Deep fried lemon!
Laters
Pricey
posted by Bog at 1:11 am
2 Comments:
Deep fried lemons...mmmmmm Must give them a miss..... Hope you don't get locked away in Alcatraz... mind you if you did the Fedex peolple will have a permanant address for you......
Ma
Ma,
Very funny! Permanent address, I see what you did there... hahaha!
The humourmust run in the family.\
Geof
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