The beginning...
DAY 1 –
Ok. Time for the first real entry in this weblog. JYesterday, June 5th, I took the 11.45AM flight from Amsterdam to San Francisco.Due to stricter security regulations, boarding time took longer than expect. Some people even had to take their shoes off! I was happy to be allowed to go through without having my bags inspected.
This KLM Boeing 777 plane had an in-flight entertainment system, which was good given the time I had to spend on this flight; 11 hours and 10 minutes!I watched two movies, Birth and The Grudge. I tell ya, if you like good endings, do NOT watch these movies. :)About 20 minutes before landing was going to take place, the captain told us it was going to be 17C in San Francisco. I didn’t expect that!
After I got off the plane, gone through passport control and picked up my bags it was already 3 in the afternoon. When I went through the gates I was happy to see the person who promised to pick me up. J We went outside to an Airport Express shuttle to take us to the Adelaide Hostel. When the guy at the desk of the hotel gave us our roomkeys he mentioned ‘it’s the room across the building, you have to go up quite a few steps’ (looking at our bags). I didn’t expect what we were about to see next. Soon as we entered the building and looked up, there were these long narrow stairs. When I say long, I mean LONG. By the time we got up to our room, we could hardly breathe. Welcome to California! :)
As soon as we unpacked some of the things, we went out to have a look around the city. We walked a few blocks, saw Union Square Park, a massive shopping center (imagine looking up and feeling dizzy) and we went to Subway to pick up ‘dinner’. I must say a Subway sandwich tasted good after having had hardly anything to eat in the plane. I’m usually prone to motion sickness, so that’s why I hardly had anything in the plane.We went to bed early that night and set the alarm clock for 7AM.
DAY 2 –
After having breakfast and a nice cup of coffee, we took our touristy stuff (i.e. Camera, Sunglasses and sunscreen and backpack) and headed off to Fisherman’s Warf. We saw the Cable Cars pass by, but we decided to walk up and down the streets (steepppppp).We passed China Town (seeing billboards in another language other than English!) and all the various Chinese shops. Pier 39 was nice, the sea lions were pretty and the Golden Gate bridge looked like it dd on all the postcards! A lot of people were lining up for a ticket to go to the Alcatraz Island. We decided not to go yet today, perhaps tomorrow.
As we were walking passed all the shops, we bought a couple of postcards, a T-shirt and a fridge magnet (yes, just like a real tourist!) and when we saw a Starbucks we decided to try and see if we could get an internet connection working on my PDA. We wanted to see if there was a verdict reached yet on the Michael Jackson trial, but no such luck, the wi-fi spot was not for free.We decided to go up one more hill to see if we could get a closer look at the Golden Gate Bridge and we took a couple of pictures with Linda on it! They came out too dark, so I have to edit one at home and will post it afterwards.Then we went on our way back to the hotel and turned on CourtTV to see if there were any news updates concerning the Michael Jackson trial. (Yes, we’re Jackson fans :) ) No verdict after 8 hours yet. :)By this time, it was time for dinner and we had another Subway sandwich and a wrap.What I found most interesting today was, to see how steep the streets are for a city like this. Holland is flat and this here is everything BUT flat. Nice!
To be continued tomorrow : DAY 3.
Ok. Time for the first real entry in this weblog. JYesterday, June 5th, I took the 11.45AM flight from Amsterdam to San Francisco.Due to stricter security regulations, boarding time took longer than expect. Some people even had to take their shoes off! I was happy to be allowed to go through without having my bags inspected.
This KLM Boeing 777 plane had an in-flight entertainment system, which was good given the time I had to spend on this flight; 11 hours and 10 minutes!I watched two movies, Birth and The Grudge. I tell ya, if you like good endings, do NOT watch these movies. :)About 20 minutes before landing was going to take place, the captain told us it was going to be 17C in San Francisco. I didn’t expect that!
After I got off the plane, gone through passport control and picked up my bags it was already 3 in the afternoon. When I went through the gates I was happy to see the person who promised to pick me up. J We went outside to an Airport Express shuttle to take us to the Adelaide Hostel. When the guy at the desk of the hotel gave us our roomkeys he mentioned ‘it’s the room across the building, you have to go up quite a few steps’ (looking at our bags). I didn’t expect what we were about to see next. Soon as we entered the building and looked up, there were these long narrow stairs. When I say long, I mean LONG. By the time we got up to our room, we could hardly breathe. Welcome to California! :)
As soon as we unpacked some of the things, we went out to have a look around the city. We walked a few blocks, saw Union Square Park, a massive shopping center (imagine looking up and feeling dizzy) and we went to Subway to pick up ‘dinner’. I must say a Subway sandwich tasted good after having had hardly anything to eat in the plane. I’m usually prone to motion sickness, so that’s why I hardly had anything in the plane.We went to bed early that night and set the alarm clock for 7AM.
DAY 2 –
After having breakfast and a nice cup of coffee, we took our touristy stuff (i.e. Camera, Sunglasses and sunscreen and backpack) and headed off to Fisherman’s Warf. We saw the Cable Cars pass by, but we decided to walk up and down the streets (steepppppp).We passed China Town (seeing billboards in another language other than English!) and all the various Chinese shops. Pier 39 was nice, the sea lions were pretty and the Golden Gate bridge looked like it dd on all the postcards! A lot of people were lining up for a ticket to go to the Alcatraz Island. We decided not to go yet today, perhaps tomorrow.
As we were walking passed all the shops, we bought a couple of postcards, a T-shirt and a fridge magnet (yes, just like a real tourist!) and when we saw a Starbucks we decided to try and see if we could get an internet connection working on my PDA. We wanted to see if there was a verdict reached yet on the Michael Jackson trial, but no such luck, the wi-fi spot was not for free.We decided to go up one more hill to see if we could get a closer look at the Golden Gate Bridge and we took a couple of pictures with Linda on it! They came out too dark, so I have to edit one at home and will post it afterwards.Then we went on our way back to the hotel and turned on CourtTV to see if there were any news updates concerning the Michael Jackson trial. (Yes, we’re Jackson fans :) ) No verdict after 8 hours yet. :)By this time, it was time for dinner and we had another Subway sandwich and a wrap.What I found most interesting today was, to see how steep the streets are for a city like this. Holland is flat and this here is everything BUT flat. Nice!
To be continued tomorrow : DAY 3.
posted by Linda at
5:35 AM
2 Comments:
ik heb bij de vorige gereageerd, zie dit nu pas haha
Sonja
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Anonymous, at 6:30 PM
Hey Linda...
Nice pictures, it's from your new digital camera I think so. How does "Tommy" do his work? You know the Navigator. Isn't he speak "better" english than I can type :-). I hope so.
Clio and Maya are sweet and hungry. But they are happy when they see me, Exactly I give the food and a hug. (knuffel).
Do you know escalator? It's an autmatic stair. Nice if we know that the Netherlands are flat.
Bye bye. Tim.
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Tim., at 11:08 PM
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