Wyndham Garden Pleasanton

... sea front and you will come into the highly touristy Fisherman’s wharf, try to avoid, unless taking a ferry to Alcatraz, Sausalito or Tiburon. Further away from the sea front you will find Russian Hill, where the crooked street is situated, which is a pleasant and pricey neighbourhood, big houses overlooking the bay. Continue on into the funky North Beach area, situated around Columbus and Broadway via Washington Square where a multitude of ...

... he drove the rest of the way. The toll is still in place - it is the only toll we have had to pay in all of our 3,000 odd miles of travel so far - $6.

We are here for a couple of days. Tonight we walked down to China town and had a good look around there, then moved to Union Square - which is the wealthy shopping area - way out of our leage. Found a Westfields shopping mall in the area, but even that was more up market. However, we shared a stunning ...

... same thing happened when I went back to my motel - it was cloudy all the way back from SF until about 5 miles from the town and then the sky cleared and the sub shone. The tour guide said that this was normal weather for SF (the light was so bad in SF that when taking pictures outside my flash would go off!!). So another interesting day on the tour. Tomorrow I'm off to Fort Bragg to take a train ride into the interior and complete my California highway 1 experiance..

... with a great person, that keeps going back and forth, back and forth. There's a great love there, but it just isn't working out. So when one of my nearest and dearest Caresa gives me a call from her Italian villa telling me they need an extra girl, I pack up my ****, move it all into storage and am on my way to Lake Como, Italy within a week of being hired. And so my journey begins...

... to do. - Staring in wonderment at the enormity of the Grand Canyon despite having yet another sunrise at a World Heritage Site dampened by clouds - here's hoping Macchu Picchu will come good for us... - Being dazzled by the bright lights of Las Vegas when staying in the uber-kitsch Caesar's Palace with a view from our window of the strip and a 20 storey high picture of Donny and Marie Osmond. - Seemingly ...

... faced dour Jock but compared to the president elect he appears a knowledgeable saint - and he is neither. This, therefore speaks volumes for Obama and McCain - let alone that dumb **** Sarah Palin. Why had I mentioned all this, well as my journey took me back to California and Santa Barbara via Monterey and Salinas I was effectively covering semi old ground in Monterey and Salinas. However, Salinas at night was a different proposition than on a Saturday afternoon ...

... by the loudest snorer ever!! haha! anyway a gentle kick of the wooden partition and all was well. Snooze time. I had to move rooms in the morning and get to Alcatraz so i got up really early. 7:00am to be precise packed up got breakfast and then headed out to the embarcadero for a stroll, got my tickets and got on the boat. Got chatting to these two american dads. Americans are hillarious, i swear they are just so excited about everything, all the time!! Anyway got to ...

Our first big city - īFrisco (NOT san-fran) had linds a bit stunned with the massive size of the skyscrapers. As Simon had been here before he acted as tour guide - and we strolled through the highlights of the city - chinatown, the steep hills, fishermanīs wharf, the golden gate bridge and a touristy rain forest theme cafe which we expect to compare with costa rica in due course. linz says "itīs a pretty cool city" (and thatīs without sampling the nightlife)

... top of the mountain and to the start of the street. It sits on the corner of Leavenworth and Lombard Street; about 4 or 5 blocks from the wharf. The street was just as steep as the sidewalk I had walked on to get to the top of the street. There was a mass of people there too admiring the famous zigzag. I guess because this street attracts a lot people, the city decided to decorate it a little bit. When you stand at the top, you can't see the street itself because of all ...

... Palace of Fine Arts - what a stunning building! We considered the Exploratorium but resisted as it was $14 each and we're just so used to museums being free. Next we went off to the Conservatory of Flowers which had an exhibition of carnivorous plants - reminding us of those we saw at Chelsea Flower Show. Absolutely fascinating stuff and the orchids were lovely too. We managed to escape the park then headed back towards ...