Today we wandered around several subdivisions of San Fran - mostly the Castro and Mission areas - which are both very interesting and have many beautiful murals.We found a comic book shop with great toys and spent a lot of time there then stopped for lunch in Mission park and watched people play with their dogs, picnic and even do push-ups, which made us feel lazy and out of shape.After lunch we visited the oldest building in SF - Delores Mission - then wandered ...

Blog by Chris: So, it's confirmed, LAX is the worst airport in the world.I've decided.We're sitting here in the dark (they actually have very few lights on), waiting for our flight, with three restaurants of our choosing available to us.Fortunately, OneWorld (the alliance between Qantas, American Airlines and a few others) doesn't seem to protect their Wi-Fi, so we're able to surf the internet to pass the time.Looking forward to our 16 hour and 10 minute flight!...

Today's blog by Natasha: Alcatraz was worth the 20 year wait J (Note: if you're planning see Alcatraz, book in advance.Had we tried to get tickets today, we would have had to wait a week before going - that was the next available time! So I would have missed it, again.) Man, was it ever windy on the rock!I swear we were almost horizontal at times (and I nearly fell over a couple of times)We really enjoyed the audio tour - it was very informative and interesting....

Today's Blog by Natasha: Boarded the plane this morning believing that today was our long trek across the pond.As far as I knew, confirmed by the itinerary that I had, we were flying to San Francisco with a quick stop over before heading to Los Angeles and then finally off to Melbourne.There was no reason not to believe that this was the case since Chris always does his homework and would book the best flight options.We were starting on American airlines and the...