Macy's San Francisco

Tuesday 9/4/12:

Before we knew it we had hit San Fran and we were in desperate need of fuel. We drove around for about 20 minutes trying to find a gas station, before working out that our GPS could help us with it's places of interest. The GPS first took us to a closed gas station! Luckily we got there on the second attempt and refueled …

Today we spent a lot of time hopping on and off buses to visit many of the cities sights. Stopped in town and briefly went to Macy's, Louis Vuitton, Tiffany's, Victorias Secret stores and wanted to buy lots. Saw the "painted ladies" (7 houses you see at the start of the TV series full house) which were fabulous and went thru the Golden Gate gardens …

Så er vi endelig ankommet til fantastiske San Francisco Det har været en lang tur og vi blev et lille døgn forsinket pga. snestorm i Frankfurt Vi startede ud mandag eftermiddag, hvor vi kørte til Hotel Legoland. Vi havde valgt at tage en overnatning i Billund, da vi skulle være i lufthavnen kl. 04.00. Det var den helt …

Thursday 13th of october was the day I've been waiting for for ages. Me, and three friends were flying to San Fransisco from Stavanger. We had a short stop in Amsterdam before boarding the big 747-400 plane to San Fransisco. 10,5 hours should the flight last. In 2004 i flew to Beijing for 10 hours without entertainment, but this time, the …

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Nachdem wir gestern die letzten Stationen der Stadtrundfahrt ausgelassen haben, um die Union Street nach Caféhäusern und Shops abzusuchen, haben wir heute morgen die restlichen paar Stops nachgeholt. Selbstverständlich nicht ohne vorher ausgiebig zu frühstücken, da wir uns das Mittagessen aus Geld und Zeitgründen …

Left NZ on my 12 hour flight, surprisingly not too bad! I sat next to a really nice girl from Boston and we had a spare seat between us so the flight was quite comfortable! Landed in L.A to massive waits at customs but made it through ok after a few questions from the Hulk behind the counter... Wandered around LAX for a whole looking for my next …

... the whole journey so it was interesting to see the topology of the land.  The clouds started forming as we approached San Francisco, so I was expecting the mists.  However, what I was not expecting was 83 degrees, clear blue skies and ...

After a long but entertaining flight - thanks to Virgin Airlines entertainment! - we arrived in San Francisco at about 2.30pm local time on Saturday 9th Dec. After collecting baggage we picked up our hire car - seemed like we hadn't left home ...

Today I posted on facebook as my status that I need to find a local man to marry so I can stay in San Francisco!  I have been here just over 24 hours and absolutely love it.  This is everything a city is all about.  Life here has ...

... walked down to the Rainforest Cafe.......again for lunch/dinner as well as some quick shopping in the Gap. We then caught a cable car down to Union Square for a wander around Macy's and cake and coffee in the terrace bar before walking back to the ...

... 3 hours there were more cars who didn't ride and we were told that this happens very often. The public transportations in San Francisco are in for improvement.  We were very disappointed and this grief is best dissolved at Starbucks, with a ...

... area. Lots of office workers sunbathing on the grass and beautiful displays of art work put out on the central lawn opposite Macy's. But before I could even think about leaving the sunny climes of California for Oz, I got a lovely taster of what lay ...

... to eat tenderloin steak every night.  We then headed back to Union Square, home to Macy's, Tiffany's and the Levi flagship store (San Francisco being the headquarters of Levi Strauss).  We then travelled up through Chinatown and saw where the ...

... . Sad really, but a little scary as well. We found Fisherman's Wharf was nothing really to write home about - basically San Francisco's version of Fremantle! We caught the ferry on Monday over to Alcatraz Island. We followed a free audio tour around ...

Saturday: We decide to go the New Years eve San Francisco symphony orchestra masked ball. With Sam's help we rent a tux for Walter. She also does alterations - and provide cuff links and shoes. She gives me good advice - try Macy's sale for an outfit for ...

... for ensuring we could take more bloggy photos! "Lucky the flower in my hair slowed us down." - Shelly Nowland. The drive up to San Francisco took us about an hour. The scenery on the drive was really nice but the traffic in the heart of San Fran was a ...