We had pre booked tickets for Alcatraz as the trips get booked up months in advance, we had 11am boat tickets and waking up to severe storm weather warnings wasn’t what we wanted to hear on the morning of a boat trip! We prepared ourself with layers, raincoats & Brolleys and headed to pier 33! The trip was still going ahead but we were told to be careful on the boat so we stayed inside ha! The island was fantastic so interesting to hear the tales from the l...

We made an early start exploring the city, we headed towards the Golden Gate Bridge to see what was down that area we ended up on electric scooters which were great, $1 set up fee then you pay per minute for use then just park them up anywhere, the LIME app locates them for you and unlocks them! We did about 10km on them taking in the sights finding ourselves at the summit of the historic Telegraph Hill where the 210-foot Coit Tower, also known as Coit Memorial T...

We got an UBER to the airport and had a great flight with Virgin America it was just under two hours to San Francisco but we were so excited! A place we have both wanted to visit for so long! We travelled in to the city via the BART train literally dumped our bags and headed straight out to explore! Our hotel was on the edge of chinatown which is one of the largest most established in the USA. We walked down to North beach then fisherman’s wharf! We heard hundr...

Our apartment was lovely it had a great view over the bay looking at Bainbridge island, a really smart gym and a rooftop lounge with views of the space needle and the city.... BUT there is usually a but when it’s so good! Earplugs were provided by the bedside and wow did we find out why... it was like having our bedroom in the centre of a racetrack what a shame! We headed out quite weary to explore, pike place market and the city centre we instantly felt a chan...

We packed up ready for the drive into Vancouver there were no trains with it being bank holiday so Ron & Joyce drove us to the station. Luckily we arrived early as our tickets were wrong so we had to swap to a bus to Seattle instead and it was just leaving. We had a border crossing on the way which was interesting and I can see how it could be a nightmare but it was quiet and we were lucky we sailed through