USA Day 4 (San Francisco)

Posted by Kelsbells on May 13, 2009 in Holidays

Today we were all doing something I had been begging everyone to do since we’d agreed to go to America, a Segway tour of Sausalito. For those not familiar with what a segway is, basically it’s an electrical two wheeled device used to move people around; it’s like a platform with wheels. It’s self balancing, [...]

Tags: Alameda, Forbidden Lounge, San Francisco, Sausalito, Segway, Taste of Rome, USA

USA 2009 – Day 2 (San Francisco)

Posted by Kelsbells on May 11, 2009 in Holidays

Apart from a brief moment when we woke up at 3am for about half an hour, Mat and I managed to sleep through the whole night. We woke up a bit groggy the following morning, but forced ourselves downstairs to meet up with the crew. Mum, Amy, Pauline and Fiona opted to go for a [...]

Tags: cable car, chipmunk, deer, golden gate bridge, Lori's diner, muir woods, redwoods, San Francisco, Trattoria Volare, USA

USA 2009 – Day 1 (Brisbane to San Francisco)

Posted by Kelsbells on May 10, 2009 in Holidays, Transport

After having spent the previous two days packing (yes, I procrastinated quite a bit during this time) when I woke at 5am in the morning it felt quite surreal knowing we were going on an international holiday. I’ve dreamt about it for a long time, but when the day arrived it just didn’t feel right. [...]

Tags: BART, flying, LAX, San Francisco, tipping, train, USA, V-Australia, Virgin America