Radisson Hotel Dublin-Pleasanton

... 8221;You must LOOP“ it is now our private landing joke. So, while Elijah is ”looping“ I’m waiting at the baggage dispenser. One of my aisle seat-mates was there patiently waiting & we gave each other a tacit form of acknowledgment. He was a very quietly authoritative person. I would have liked to have known him, to have heardf his philosophy, his thoughts. Definitely a native american haplotype, enroute from Atlanta ...

... of abandonning camp and hitting a hotel/casino in Reno if it's just not working for us. I'd hate not to see the Man burn, though, and not staying through would seem like cheating.

So, I'm in the same place about Burning Man I've always been. Conceptually, it sounds GREAT... in practice, well, we'll see.

The plan is to keep an open mind and a positive attitude and see what happens.

Really, what HAVE I gotten myself into?

... and pillars and stuff, all surrounding lake with seagulls and swans and a nice garden... for some reason I thought of the movie "Bicentennial Man", cause I think maybe there was a scene shot there, anyway it was very beautiful, and I took a bunch of pics.
After the Exploturiom, I went to see the beach near by, which had a view of the SF Golden Gate Bridge.
At this point I was quite hungry so I took the bus to North beach and had ...

Couples + 1 Inn is great. You get to be the third wheel of every party. And WHO doesn't want to be the third wheel?

In reality I stayed with 2 great couples who were very inclusive of me and my "singlehood." The first "couple" stop was at Aaron and Kelly's place in Dowtown SF.

Brief overview of San Francisco. Below you will find the CalTrain route from South to North approaching San Fran.

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... and folded it up on the table. I was a bit disappointed that our wines - especially the first one - arrived at the table 10 minutes before the food did, I would have rather the wine arrived either with or close beside the meal otherwise you were tempted to drink it before the food. The whole point of wine pairing was to drink the wine with the meal to get the most out of it. We were also give a small lemon soufflé with ...

... of the city hall. I also found myself examining the many wires that run all over the city, it just full of them, making all the buses fuel free which i found amasing... only in america! We dived into a safeway as we approached the Castro and had a little impromptu picnic in a small park a few blocks over just watching the day go by and watching (me more then Elena) the large glasses of Californian wine go down. The Castro was only a few blocks away and we caught it in the ...

... her bike, in Laura's case), we were rewarded with a nice stretch of freewheeling down the other side. We past some fabulous stretches of golden beach where lots of people (suspicious numbers, for a Friday morning) were walking their dogs, going for a jog or just lounging around in the sunshine. Further on, directly under the shadow of Golden Gate Bridge, we came upon Fort Point, a military fort dating from the American Civil War that never really saw all that ...

San Francisco is class. We were anxious it wouldn't live up to expectations - but it has. A five hour plane ride from Miami; it's a lot colder so we had to rummage at the bottom of our bags for hoodies again. We had been forewarned by a San Franciscan in Miami, that our Hostel was located in the Strip Bar area. He was right, but San Fran couldn't be seedy even if it tried. The first day we took a walk around trying to find ...

Well its time to leave San Francisco and both me and Ruairi agreed we would have loved another few days here. I guess thats going to happen everywhere on this trip - I'm going to find this problem in Arizona, all over Texas and in Mexico, I reckon Ruairi might find he would like more time in Jamaica too. Well almost ready to leave for the airport and off to Las Vegas now, Sin City here we come and what I and Ray reckon is the best city in the world...tired from partying ...

Well guys, we've made it to our first destination! Arrived in San Fran on Sunday at 2pm, after an 11 hr flight where we managed to get 4 seats between us, definitely helped on the sleeping front. Kiran picked us up from the airport and took us to our hotel which is basic but perfect for what we want, especially the location. We then went on a whistle stop tour of San Fran ...