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Day 7 Goodbye Napa , Hello San Fransisco!
... heading up there to see her, I think she will miss us, and the noise nd todo that comes with us! We said our goodbyes and headed out in the rain down highway 29 then on to interstate 80 to sf crossing over the Oakland bay bridge. We found the hotel with ease and then we split up, ben taking the car to the airport , Jayney and Nathan to organise the Alcatraz trip. Ben returned about 2 hrs ...
Day 33 - San Francisco - California
... After hours devoted to the bridge we finally headed back towards Fisherman's Wharf for a fab bowl of crab chowder served in a bowl made of San Fran's famous Boudin's sourdough bread, yumbo! Then it was a stroll around Fisherman's Wharf and Pier 39 till our legs finally did give way for the day and we caught the trolley car homeward bound (well hotel bound anyway) for a belated happy hour, or, truth be told, ...
San Francisco
... a big sour dough bread cob). Alan opted for fried shrimp and fries which he said was very nice. We hung around the pier until it was time for our Alcatraz tour. What an amazing tour, it's an audio tour and walking around the prison you certainly get a feel of what it was like for the inmates. Alcatraz closed in 1963 as it was too expensive to maintain. The walls of the buildings and steps are crumbling so a lot of the places ...
Yosemite Village, then back to civilisation in SF
... Nice to be back in a very posh hotel room - our poshest room yet. Very big room, glorious bathroom - I've just experienced the lovely shower - the beds have ten million covers and pillows, and it's got a posh lobby. Also has complimentary tea, coffee and hot chocolate between 7am and 10am, and a free wine reception between 5pm and 6pm! Strange that the restaurant isn't actually in the building though, you gotta go outside to get to it. ...
The end of the USA
Saturday (22nd) September - we took a cable car around the city and then did some last minute shopping bits. In the evening we went to the superhero street festival which was amazing!! It's basically a street festival where people dress up in superhero costumes and get drunk. On Sunday (23rd) September - we drove to Santa Cruz, by the time we packed and drove there we did not arrive until late afternoon, we went for some food and then decided that we ...
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