San Francisco

[gothikmaus]

I was in San Francisco for 5 days last week. The trip was part pleasure, part business: the main international partner of the agency where I work is a foundation located in San Francisco, so we arranged a meeting. It was very nice to finally talk face to face with someone I've sent emails to for the past year and a half.

Other than that I walked so, so much, every night when I got back to the hotel my feet hurt. But it was worth it, I saw everything I had planned to see (minus Alcatraz, but I really didn't have time). I would like to thank holsbells99 for the suggestions, especially for suggesting visiting Sausalito and taking the ferry back to SF. Sausalito is a lovely little town with a lot of nice shops where I bought a bunch of presents for my mum and my friends, plus a little something for me as well:







As soon as I saw it I was all "OMG I want this! >_<", but then I thought I would never use it and it would be a waste of money. And then I realised that it was pretty much the same size of a little purse I actually use and that is quite old and worn out, so I bought it. \o/

I also managed to almost get a sunburnt, even if the sky was always partially overcast. I didn't bring sunscreen because I thought I wouldn't need it and now I have a ridiculous tan line on the bridge of my nose from my glasses. *facepalm*

What else? I ate a delicious okonomiyaki at the Japan Centre and a divine pizza with heirloom tomatoes, mozzarella di bufala and pesto at Rose Pistola (North Beach), I took a ton of pictures and even saw San Andreas Fault from the plane on the way back!



And I got ridiculously excited when I saw the trams from Milan, I was hoping I would spot at least one and I saw quite a few, all three versions of them.

So, yeah, I'm very happy with my trip. And tomorrow I have my first surf lesson ever! Wish me luck!

Comments

[gyri.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you had a fun time! \o/

*Boggles* Wow, the San Andreas fault!

Surf lessons, ooooh!!!! Good luck! Where are you going for the lessons? Have fun!

[gothikmaus.livejournal.com]

Yes, I had a great time. And I'm really happy I got to see the fault, I actually wanted to take a trip just to see it, but it would be a little complicated to organise. So now I can say I saw it, even if from 10,000 feet above. :)

The surf lesson is in Santa Monica. Fingers crossed!

[bluedelft.livejournal.com]

Good luck with the surf lesson!

That little purse is so adorable! Sounds like you had a great time in San Francisco!

[gothikmaus.livejournal.com]

I loved San Francisco!

I'm looking forward to tomorrow's lesson, hopefully I won't make a total fool of myself...

[iam-space.livejournal.com]

That sounds awesome! Good luck with the surfing! :)

[gothikmaus.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

[polarforscherin.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a fantastic trip. And I love your Mr. Cat bag. ♥

[gothikmaus.livejournal.com]

That little purse is so adorable, it was love at first sight!

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a fabulous trip! That little purse is adorable. And the picture of the fault is very cool. I didn't realize it was so visible from the sky. Eeep!

[gothikmaus.livejournal.com]

I didn't know either! I was just looking out of the window and thought "What's that... OMG the fault!"

[sunnyside-up.livejournal.com]

Wow that pic of the fault is so cool. I didn't know you could see it so clearly, its incredible. So glad you enjoyed SF and liked the Sausalito trip :)

Good luck surfing!

[gothikmaus.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the suggestion, I really enjoyed Sausalito. And I was amazed at how clearly you can see the fault from a plane.

[schwimmerin.livejournal.com]

Glad you had fun in SF! And that you're taking advantage of your location to do a bit of traveling :)

[gothikmaus.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed SF my trip! I'd like to travel a bit more while I'm here, maybe visit San Diego, we'll see. :)

[schwimmerin.livejournal.com]

San Diego is really interesting, you should go if you can. The Zoo and the Wild Animal Park are particularly amazing, but there's a giant park that's really pretty and the gaslamp district is kind of fun. :)