So, we stayed over the weekend and had some time to do some "stuff" in San Francsisco. Dawn, my friend from college had joined me out west on my business trip so that we could do some sightseeing.
Biking the Golden Gate Bridge was one of our mighty feats. It was actually pretty exhilarating with the wind in our face and the breath being sucked right out of our bodies as we biked up hills that were at like 90 degree angles. San Francisco is a biking city, but I tell you, those people must have thighs of steel! I actually was quite pumped (excuse the pun) with the pedalling up those hills. It was quite a challenge to accomplish but quite fulfilling!
Following Dawn
On the other side of the bridge on the way to Sausalito
This was pretty intriguing. This guy did this art where he balanced these rocks on each other.
On the ferry going back to San Francisco from Sausalito
Alcatraz
The Ferry Terminal building - full of all kinds of really cool shops.
For dinner, we met up with Dawn's cousin, Andrea, and then headed out to the coast for dinner at The Cliff House. Its got a pretty interesting history.
http://cliffhouse.com/history/index.html
The views from inside were amazing and we came around 8ish so the sun was going down... it was absolutely beautiful!
This is the little fountain out front our hotel. Its this little duck pond with these fake ducks floating around. Pretty cute.
Another landmark that we went to was the Palace Hotel, we had afternoon tea.
http://www.sfpalace.com/garden-court
This is out hotel, the Triton Hotel.
Here's the hotel dog, Romeo.
Our last evening, we decided to totally relax and have an in-room massage. It was 80 minutes and they even massaged our hair! Weird but oh my word - it was amazing and we were completely asleep by the time they finished! Great way to end a great weekend!
2 comments:
Oh! The tea reminds me of our nice outing to the Oriental hotel in Bangkok... sigh. Such wonderful memories. Did you ever have a Thai massage when you came? I can't remember - but they can be pretty intense.
rach :o)
Hello Anonymous - long time no talk.... I'm glad to know I can add one more number to my 5 blog readers :) Yes I do quite remember the Oriental Hotel -- I think I still owe you all - and me - a trip to the Oriental in Phuket!!!!! Do you still have a friend there :)??? No Thai massage - I always understood that those were bad, and not in the "it hurts so bad when they massage those stress knots" way. Go figure - I have had a massage by an angry Romanian woman who spoke no English - in Romania.... Angry Romanian women are just so much angrier in Romania, you know ....
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