We got up at 4.45am!! Surprisingly I got out of bed straight away. Having a cold shower was not fun. I'm guessing they don't turn the hot water on until later. We were getting picked up at 6.30am to go to Yosemite National Park which is around 3 and a half to 4 hours drive from San Fran. Our driver was lovely and extremely informative along the way about all sorts of things. I was really concerned on the drive that that we wouldn't be able to see anything wh...

We were up and out just after 9am as we were catching the 11am boat over to Alcatraz Island. We had to catch an old street car which is pretty much the same as a tram but not the ones you think of when you think of San Francisco; those ones are known here as cable cars. We got there in plenty of time and were even able to change our time to the 10.30am departure. We've had the sun for the past couple of days but today was foggy (San Francisco is well known for ...

Wednesday 5th: We had lots to sort out on the Weds so didn't really get up to much. We popped out to find a supermarket and probably ended up in the most expensive one in the whole of San Fran! It was ridiculous. There were jars of pasta sauce in there for 12 dollars!! It was nice out as the sun was shining and it was actually quite mild. We've been so used to cold weather for so long it felt lovely. At the moment we are trying to get a flight sorted from here...

This blog says 31st but I am actually condensing 31st Dec 2010 - 4th Jan 2011 into one. Well this is the first time since 19th September that I haven't written my journal daily so there may be a lot that I miss out or have forgotten about but I have been far too busy spending time with my Mum and Dan to update my journal. Friday 31st- Kelly and I caught the bus into New York to go to the Natural History Museum. It was a pretty cool place; we didn't cover all of...

This blog says 31st but I am actually condensing 31st Dec 2010 - 4th Jan 2011 into one. Well this is the first time since 19th September that I haven't written my journal daily so there may be a lot that I miss out or have forgotten about but I have been far too busy spending time with my Mum and Dan to update my journal. Friday 31st- Kelly and I caught the bus into New York to go to the Natural History Museum. It was a pretty cool place; we didn't cover all of...