Oakwood Soma San Francisco

HEY EVERYONE! NOW TWO THINGS BEFORE I START, FOR SOME REASON I CAN ONLY WRITE IN CAPS LOCK IN THIS BLOG AND THE OTHER IS I HAVE NO WAY OF ADDING PHOTOS AS THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ANY INTERNET CAFES IN SAN FRANCISCO! SO I AM WRITING THIS ON MY I PHONE USING THE FREE WIFI AT THE HOTEL! WOW ISNT TECHNOLOGY GREAT! ....... SO I'LL BEGIN..... WE ARRIVED AT HEATHROW AIRPORT ON FRIDAY NIGHT TIRED AND PRETTY WET THROUGH DUE TO THE TORRENTIAL RAIN IN LONDON! THANK GOODNESS WE ARE ...

We left from San Francisco Airport (at 11:50am), headed to Dublin, with one stop in Atlanta, Georgia.

At 5am we left our house in Sacramento to drive out to San Francisco in rush hour traffic, luckily it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I think we missed a lot of it by going so early.

We got to San Francisco a bit early, and had breakfast with Rebecca's family, who was nice enough to give us a ride out there.

Then we got to the ...

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j'ai relu ce que je vous ai ecrit et j’ai l’impression que vous avez du penser que je suis devenue un peu plus folle que d’habitude au contract de san francisco. pourtant je n’ai pas cha ge j’ai juste voulu ou lier un peu certaies parties de ma vie a bora. et puis il faut que je sois franche avec vous tous qui m’envoyaient des mails si sympas c’est que je ne trouvs pas ici tout ce que j’aimerais et ce que ...

... 3 hodiny. Je tady klid, maminky s kočárkama, za ruku se vedoucí páry, skupinky studentů, pohoda uprostřed velkoměsta. (Mimochodem – Golden Gate Park je hodně daleko od mostu Golden gate.) Prohlížím si expozice z různých koutů země, dobíjím energii po výkonu v metru a v sekci „Redwood“ trávím poslední půlhodinku na lavičce čtením průvodce. Radek píše, že už mají Alcatras vyř ...

... unfortunately everywhere was closed so had to settle with McDonald's before heading back to the hostel!

We got up the next day relatively early to bike across the Golden Gate Bridge! We headed back to Fisherman's Wharf to hire our bikes and set off on our 8mile bike ride! It took longer than we expected to get to the bridge but when we did get there it was covered in fog! Pictures are attached! Needless to say cycling across the bridge in the fog was ...

... and then both so stuffed and tiddley we decided that 10pm was time for bed. BOXING DAY!!! We got up early and went out to explore San Francisco. We caught a cab to Fisherman's Wharf. This is a really interesting wharf with a number of piers and a plethora of entertainment along it. We wanted to go to Alcatraz but didn't anticipate the queue would span 10miles! Obviously, people in San Francisco had had enough of their families over Christmas and were escaping! Hence, no Alcatraz trips ...

... show up on this post tomorrow. Free speech, baby. P.S. Alltel has ****** service in San Francisco, so I haven't really been able to make calls all week from my cell. I guess the cell towers are more spaced out here, so some of the cell companies don't get good service. Tonight, Phil and I had to schedule an IM date since we haven't talked all week. Hooray for technology! I'll be back home tomorrow night. Great trip, but I miss my hubby and pets.

In November I will be traveling with my husband and to his homeland, the Philippines. In the past I have had the opportunity to travel to many countries and different parts of the world, but this will be my first trip to Southeast Asia. I am looking forward to visiting the region and experiencing the place where my best friend (my husband) grew up! I am ...

... for China, and another week for India's? Sigh. So I've altered my plan, as was the spirit of this entire endeavor, and plan to stay in CA for a few more weeks while I spend a little more time than anticipated planning the finer points of my trip. I might take a couple little weekend trips to test out my travel legs and new gear, perhaps to SLO or Seattle. We'll see...

... I have never actually experienced one. The students were intermediate level and had a test in that class. I took it too. It was really interesting to see what grammar they were struggling with, what they were having difficulty pronouncing, and equally how good their vocabulary was. Plus, I learnt what a preposition is! For lunch I got pizza. I would say in the UK, pizza sizes are usually 7-9" small, 9-12" medium, and 12-15" large. In the US, 12" is small and large is 18"! On my ...