Hilton Pleasanton at The Club

Travel Blogs from Pleasanton

Counting down to our departure...

A travel blog entry by mnkschultz

... attempt to bring as many personal items as we can to remind him of home and we are learning the joys of trans-continental Skype calls - they are coming to be a great way to catch up in a really personal way. We can't make any promises about driving, but the staff in several of the places we visited were able to observe his current physical limitations and told us that they were confident that physical therapy (which they ...

'Out n' About' with Sister Deltriona

A travel blog entry by padraigobroithe

... attack from yours truly. Couldn't find it anywhere. Rang the notary to see if it was there. No answer. Trying to stay calm I retraced my footsteps back to the thrift store where I had left my bag behind the counter (mandatory) while I had a look around. I basically accused them of stealing my passport when they told me there were no cameras behind the counter. I was quite distressed and left the shop saying to the staff 'I don't deserve this... I'm a ...

San Francisco and Alcatraz

A travel blog entry by rowan-blackmore

... and you then take an audio tour around the building. It's narrated by four ex prison guards, and four ex prisoners, so you get each side's perspective. You walk around the building, and as you go, they explain what each place is, what it's used for, and lots of interesting stories about it. The normal prison cells weren't bad. Each had a bed, table, shelves, and urinal. However, the ones in Cell Block D, were pretty grim. This was the ...

Ein kalter Tag in San Francisco

A travel blog entry by theborksinusa

... zur Fisherman's Wharf gelaufen und haben uns in der Gegend ein bi�chen umgesehen.

Stichwort 'gelaufen': wir haben ja, Dank der tollen Tips des Herrn hier am Empfang des RV Parks, uns sofort am F�hrterminal zwei Tagesp�sse f�r die �rtlichen Nahverkehrsmittel gekauft und kamen uns damit besonders schlau vor. Na, wem f�llt es auf?? Genau, bisher sind wir noch kein Mal mit irgendwas wie Bus oder Cable Car gefahren! Wir hatten zwar gleich heute morgen vor damit die U-Bahn ...

San Francisco with our friends

A travel blog entry by mcgovern

... and Clara, Dianna and David’s kids. Clara is 4 and Karuna is 8. After we said hi to everyone I played with Karuna and Clara. Pretty soon after we started playing with Clara and Karuna it was dinner time. For dinner I had homemade pizza from David! After that we played with Clara and Karuna for a little bit more, and then we went to bed. I had a pretty good day.
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