Dear class, i am having a ball in San Francisco. We have been to some landmarks here. We walked on the Golden Gate bridge, we had lunch in Chinatown and Little Italy. I saw the sealions on Pier 39. It is very windy here and there are lots of hills. Today it is Stars Wars day in the US. Why, because it is May the Fourth be with you... Aria, our next destination is the Jelly Belly factory in Fairfield and then we are going to the Yosemite National Park Shannon, ...

The New Zealand we discovered was all golden in the automn sun. Our first taste of America is basking in spring. California's trees are just waking up, dizzy with their sprinkling of flowers and brand new leaves. The hills between Santa Barbara and San Francisco are wearing pretty dresses in princess bright yellow and fairytale pink. The roadsides are rolling cactii carpets of loud orange and fuschia. We finally found the quaint road we were dreaming of betwee...