See ya San Fran

Today will only be a short blog as it was primarily a transit day. With us flying out after lunch we didn’t have a huge amount of time for mucking around.  However we couldn’t leave San Francisco without driving over the Golden Gate bridge. And it didn’t disappoint. It was spectacular! From there we made…

John’s Place

Today we ventured out of the city and headed to Monterey Bay, to have a look at the Fisherman’s Wharf and the famous cannery row.   I’m not sure how much commercial fishing is carried out there anymore but the tourist trade is alive and well. Fisherman’s Wharf … an arty shot Cannery Row … a…

The Sights of San Francisco

Before we left home we listed and mapped all the things we wanted to see in San Francisco. I then promptly forgot to load them into my gps. Doh! Over breakfast this morning armed only with my trusty phone I discovered a self guided tour put out by the city called the “49 mile scenic…

Punishment

So today was about punishment. – being punished – cab punishment – place of punishment. The one thing I just don’t understand is shopping.  What is the fascination of going into shop after shop looking at stuff.  And shoes.  Don’t even get me started on that one! Now that my girls are old enough they…

Yosemite National Park – Sat 13 July

From Paso Robles we headed north east to Fresno and through Yosemite National Park before heading west to San Francisco.  It maybe a long way for a shortcut but we really wanted to take in some of the American landscape.   And today did not disappoint! What was interesting was the changes in the landscape. From…

Let’s Away from LA

Today we picked up our rental car for the next few days.  We wanted to hire an American car as we’re in the states so we booked a Jeep but instead we were upgraded to a Chevy Traverse. It’s quite a nice car to drive, all leather interior, goes pretty well, and more importantly heaps…

The three day Disney look

How do you know that you’ve had too much of a good thing? a) a roller coaster is a chance to get off your feet. b) the only real danger of going into a dark haunted house is falling asleep. c) you stand for an hour watching a great show only to wonder how long…

Disney California Adventure

Day 2 started a lot better.  Today we went to Disney California Adventure land which had a very different feel to it.  It’s a bit more … … I don’t really know.  American.  Rather than fairytale. Our original plan with the 3 day pass was 2 days at Disneyland and 1 at California adventure.   But…

Disneyland

What can I say about Disneyland? I really didn’t know what to expect and I think it has been so hyped over the years that the expectation was never going to be met. It didn’t help that we had the VIP treatment at universal studios where we didn’t have to line up at all for…