Day 49! So... There was an earthquake last night. I was rudely awoken at 3am with crazy shaking and a noise like a train was passing right underneath us, and I thought Julie was jumping about on the bunk above me! Haha. We packed up and checked out of our hostel because Lauren had bought us a room by the hotel, and took our bags over to her friends house. We took a bus out to Stern Grove where there was a free festival going on and The Zombies were playing. It wa...

Day 48! By the time we got ready to go anywhere today it was pretty much the afternoon, and we went to a wee square which had really cool shops and cafés made out of reused shipping containers. Our hostel roommate had recommended we go there to try this ice cream shop called Smitten which makes each scoop there and then for you using liquid nitrogen. Pretty cool for us science geeks, and the salted caramel ice cream was so good. We were sitting eating our ice cr...

Day 47! We went to Chinatown and got a free tea tasting - we got to try jasmine, poer (?), green tea with roasted brown rice and chai. That was pretty cool! We then met up with Julie's friend Lauren and went for lunch still in Chinatown before heading to the crookedest street in America on Lombard. It was so so steep, the hill is at a 45 degree angle. And it really is a super crooked street. Awesome views from the top as pictured! We got a bus out to golden gate ...

Day 46! We had a lie in this morning because we were out last night, then went to a Mexican place called El Super Burrito for lunch, which was pretty nice and it was cheap! We then went to Berkeley on the subway, which is about half an hour away from San Fran and so much nicer and warmer! The college campus is beautiful, so we sat in the grounds there for a good couple of hours. We had a wee wander around the city and went to a Thai restaurant called Gecko Gecko ...

Day 45! We went on a tour to Alcatraz Island, which was so interesting. We got a walking tour up the hill explaining the history of the island, and then a self guided audio tour of the cell house. There was even an ex inmate in the gift shop autographing books, which is crazy! He was 81 years old and had only got out of prison 4 years ago. When we got back to San Fran we went to pier 39 for lunch/dinner at a beach diner, then wandered around there looking at the ...