San Francisco Travel Blogs - Page 8

My second TB meet.  We all met at The Jade Bar (downstairs).  Really dark, really loud, kinda small.  It was great.  There is some kind of common-bond between TB'ers that, when you meet, you're instant friends.  You spend time msg-ing back and forth with people you've nev…

This travel blog basically a collection of pictures I took, while I was in the western United States in September 2008.

So I jumped on the bus and off we went to San Francisco. I was squashed in a space that easily could get the bus-company a trial at the Court of Human Rights and as if this wasn’t enough, the AC went belly up and for three hours I got grilled, like a piece of lava in a microwave - on the sun. (I …

My boyfriend and I took BART into SF on a gloriously sunny day, people were everywhere...sprawled out along the Embarcadero whether on bikes, foot, in parks or on the steps of a building, in bikinis, shorts and tanks they were reading their books, eating fresh fish, taking a nap…

Today I was set on going up to the Golden Gate Bridge. The hostel gave me directions which were easy enough to follow. On the way I met 2 tourists on the bus who were also doing the same thing, and we also ended up walking across the bridge and back. Wasn't as epic a bridge as I had thought it migh…

Second day in san francisco, and we boarded a boat embarking on a trip to Alcatraz Island, home to an old maximum security jail, no longer in operation today. We almost didn't make it b/c of heavy traffic. If you visit during peak season make sure to book the Alcatraz trip in advance and prefer…

When we got off the ship we decided to hire a taxi with another couple. We told the driver he had 2 hours to show us San Francisco. At first he wasn't too sure but after a while he loosened up and was able to take us to a lookout and drive down Lombard Street, where a bus could not go. Our only sti…

Recent wanderings through Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Solomon Islands, Papau New Guinea, Singapore, and Indonesia

Stage 1 of my honeymoon.

San Francisco LoveFest Weekend

Woke up and headed back into the city.  Unfortunately, traffic was all messed up because a main street was closed for some sort of rally or walk.  Bummer.  So we headed in the direction of the airport.  I guess this is the end of our trip.  Short and sweet… a little to sh…

Finally the day was here...Michelle's first visit to San Francisco and our much anticipated trip to Alcatraz Island.  I still was not feeling good but obviously was going to make the best of it for Michelle as not to ruin her trip!  We got up early and headed out around 10am which would g…

We flew down to San Francisco on Friday morning for my British citizenship ceremony. The Consulate General got up and said that he'll assume we know all about the United Kingdom, and really the only thing he wanted us to know was the right way to hang up the Union Jack. Really it is such a sill…

Before heading to London, I'll be spending seven weeks making my way across the United States from San Francisco to New York.

Our first day in San Francisco was fantastic!  We took an early flight out of O'Hare and arrived in San Francisco at 9:45 am.  It was great to have a full day, even if it meant leaving the house at 3:30 am...ouch.  During our cab ride to the hotel, we saw a big beautiful bridge that …