At 6am on Christmas Day (my Grandad's birthday - Happy 98th Birthday Grandad!), I got on a plane to San Francisco, California to take a much-needed holiday with my good friend Darko who I met the first day I arrived in Baton Rouge. We were to stay there for eight nights which we thought would be plenty of time to take in all the main attractions of the city.
Overall, the trip was great. San Francisco reminded me somewhat of Auckland, with the really steep hills, tall buildings, central-city parks, and marina area. The weather was amazing, with only two days where the sun didn't shine, and it only threatened to rain once. This made for excellent sightseeing and we managed to check out so many attractions including the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, the cable cars, Yosemite National Park, and a number of museums. The only bad things were when both our cameras ran out of battery before we even got to Yosemite National Park (because we were taking so many photos of the amazing scenery) and we had to buy disposable cameras as you can see from the quality of the photos. There were also lots of homeless people in the city and so many tourists that it was hard to get around. I can't imagine what it's like during summer.
Instead of writing a massive essay describing what we did, I thought I could tell the story through posting a slideshow of pictures from each day. With over 1,400 photos between us this was a bit of an effort. Check them out and see what an amazing place it was!
Day One
Day Two
Day Three
Day Four
Day Five
Day Six
Day Seven
Day Eight
Day Nine
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