Sunday, June 07, 2009

San Francisco

We found a neat beach of the highway...I felt like it we were in a movie. It was really pretty with all of the rocks and hills.
A jellyfish. They were everywhere!

We had to climb down a long ways to get there but it was coming back up that was not so fun.


Streetcar.
Chinatown
This is where they invited the fortune cooking. (no, it was not orignally from China.) And these ladies still sit here all day and make them which we got to watch. It was really neat.
We went to a free tea tasting at this tea shop in china town and we were quite entertained by the older man who put on the tea tasting. He had a very interesting senses of humor and told us all about the health benefits of different teas.
A fun fountain you can walk through
Alcatraz. At Travis request we got tickets to go on the ferry to see alcatraz. I was not totally excited about it but I ended up really enjoying it. It was very interesting and you listen to an audio tour while you walk around with actual prisoners and guards that were there when it was open narrating.
The recreation yard.
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The view back to san francisco on the way to alcatraz.
Sea lions
Fishermans warf
Its hard to see but this is a dog with a cat on his back and on the back of the cat is a rat!
The rose garden at Golden Gate park.


It was great because most of the things that we went to see were totally free!

We really enjoyed the Japenese tea garden and had a tea break in the middle of the garden.



Golden gate bridge

Lombard street- the crooked street which we also drove down.


I had to go to San Francisco for work so Travis came out a day later to help me and we got to stay an extra day to enjoy the city. It was so fun since we had never been there before and was a great break to just spend time together. We missed Z as she stayed here but really enjoyed the time together. Thanks to an awesome deal I got we got to stay at the new intercontinental there and got a free awesome breakfast everyday with amazing fruits and fresh foods. Oh yeah and the work meetings went good too (-:

2 comments:

Jim Gantenbein said...

Too cool. We have a few pictures with the same backgrounds, even from our honeymoon and just two years ago. Good memories!

Ooyman Family said...

Hey, our old neighborhood! It was so nice to see the familiar sights-looks like you really enjoyed yourselves and I am totally jealous to see you out and about sans kid(s). I don't think we will see that for AGES! Happy belated birthday Travis- you youngster you! Amy