Hilton Garden Inn San Mateo

... come back! Get us!




After that we had to pop back to the hotel, then to save money and stretch our legs walked about 3 miles from the hotel down to Fisherman's Wharf where we caught the boat for the Golden Gate Bay Cruise, which was really nice. The weather has been gorgeous and sunny/blue skies today, however its sooo windy here! Apparantly always is in Summer! So its easy to burn because it feels quite cold sometimes but its still ...

... and walk out without a purchase because things here are pricey! Next port of call was Alamo Square. aka the place where you can see the pretty houses from that old sitcom Full House. Apparently the houses are known as "The Painted Ladies". Now I wouldn't say I'm a full House fan. For much of my young life I thought the Olsen Twins should be muzzled... however it is the first point of reference that I ever had for San fran, and so seeing it (and ...

... Death Valley en met onder andere een echt achtbaan traject. Dit kun je zien op de bijgevoegde filmpjes hoewel we pas begonnen zijn na de eerste echte 'dips'. In het midden van het park hebben we de maag tevreden gesteld met een lunch buffet. Omringd door Franse toeristen (wat kunnen die hard praten zeg) en allervriendelijkst personeel (not) hebben we ons tegoed gedaan aan diverse lokale lekkernijen. Na een overnachting in Bishop hebben ...

... or 32 degrees celsius, but they were in the middle of a heat wave. we then went to meet the people we were staying with for the rest of our time in San Francisco, Laura and Wren, but Wren was away for the moment. They had a dog called Pooky, who was really old. Apart from going to Muir Woods, the next few days were solid relaxation time. After our relaxastion period we went to pick up Chris and Fi more people mum knows ...

... of the road, the Alcatraz, Fishermans Wharf.. and their's one thing i love this place, and its because of my cousin.. dang! can you believe it that she's part of the San Francisco Ballet Association and she is the main cast in Nut Cracker.. really proud of her! :)

... Washington and had
painted these tiny bats pictures, all different species. There was bats
hanging from the ceilings on branches. Loved it, there are rewards for
being curious as Alice in Wonderland knows. We got a taxi to The Stud
and stayed to watch two
horrendous girl bands scream and indie dance. We stood up on a podium next
to a dancer's cage and weren't sure if it could really be that
terrible, it was bad but we had a laugh anyway.

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I am actually dating this entry as our return date...though...I am entering it 2 days later with NO SLEEP! Yes, you read it right...NO SLEEP. Bubba/Eric and I were unable to beat the darn "SE Asia jet lag" yet...so we decided to stay up all night to make ourselves tired for tonight. OK...so let me backtrack to our arrival to Bali... As mentioned before, the weather in Bali couldn't have been better!! It was warm, breezy, and ...

... 80mph disaster as it happens. In the meantime, I wouldn't bother checking back too often. We'll be sitting around looking at the calendars and wondering when Neil is going to get around to booking the rooms at the MGM Grand and whining about much longer we have to wait. -Chris

... this blog. I even encourage it. :D Lastly, I would like to profusely thank the people who are gallantly protecting my home during my absence for helping to clear my mind from worry as I hop on a plane. Thank you Joyce, I feel lucky to have you as a neighbor & I deeply appreciate your efforts. That said, standing on my plant terrace with a sub-machine gun during my absence is kind of overkill. Especially when Steve & Jane next door are trained ...

... krijgt met een voetganger, is de automobilist dan ook altijd schuld. Daartegenover staat wel dat "jaywalking" (buiten stoplichten en oversteekplaatsen om oversteken) wel beboet wordt. Wederom vanwege de steile straten een goede regel (auto's rijden erg rustig), maar als Nederlander stond ik toch eerst wel raar te kijken naar iedere auto die voor mij stopte...
* In tegenstelling tot wat ik dacht, staan er hier geen aankondigingen, laat staan foto ...