These pictures are views of San Francisco
We liked this weird sculpure !
Week commencing Sunday 2nd July 2000
Sunday 2nd July
There's another art exhibition in
Union Square today... These pictures are views of San Francisco We liked this weird sculpure !
Monday 3rd July
Due to an accident on the floor above
these guys got stuck !
(It was quite a while before anyone came and rescued them 8-)
This Harley was in mint condition - all the engine parts were chrome plated !
Happy Birthday Irene !
(The bottle of Bolly was quite a find over here !)
Tuesday 4th July
Apparently they're celebrating some
sort of Indpendence here today 8-) If you look carefully at the centre of the picture, you should be able to see
a tunnel entrance. Chinatown on the way to Fishermans Wharf Finally made it to the Cannery (caught the wrong bus !) Wow
! You can win a Simpsons BARB-B-Q Grill ! It was starting to get VERY crowded at this point. Further along, towards the Wharf, we found this guy painted gold ! The seagulls came in really close to the boat begging for scraps. The tourists
keep them well fed ! We cruised around the harbour before the fireworks. Next to the stadium was this marina - full of yachts ! The cloud dispersed a bit for this shot. After the cruise, the boats took up their pre-arranged positions ready for the
fireworks.
This is the other side of the optical illusion we previously photographed !
American flags are everywhere !
(All you have to do is sing the National Anthem 8-)
Rings a bell, somehow 8-)
We pre-booked to see the fireworks
from a boat.
This is the new baseball stadium all lit up - there was a game being played
as we passed by !
After a long wait in the freezing
cold, the main attraction was ready to start !
Ooh
!
Ahh !
Wow !
Cool !
Excellent !
Woohoo !
The fireworks were really great, but the journey back to the apartment was a
real nightmare 8-(
There were thousands of people leaving afterwards and we couldn't get a taxi
for love nor money.
So we headed for the cablecar terminal, only to be told that services were suspended
for the night.
We ended up walking all the way back, which didn't do Irene's ankle any good
at all (she had recently gone over on it).
All credit to Irene, though - she didn't complain once and took it all with
true grit !
Wednesday 5th July
Our last day in San Francisco today...
Back for one last look at Lori's. These pinball machines were in working order. This is one of the waitresses at Lori's.
We knew the form by now, so ordered a salad split for two - excellent !
(Peter has fed them with quite a few quarters !)
The service here was really excellent.
Just so we don't forget what the money
looks like:
$20
$10
$5
$1
Thursday 6th July
The flight back to England was nothing
like the flight over 8-(
This is the view we got of the screen ! Standing
up and leaning to one side we could just about see the screen. This
was supposed to be a view of the route we took, but it didn't come out very
well. We got talking to this Indian girl on the plane who went to pretty much the
same places we did !
(The guy in front was about seven feet tall with a huge head 8-)
Well, that's all folks !
Our time in America was very enjoyable - it was a REAL eye opener in lots of
ways !
We would very much like to visit other parts of the US of A - watch this space
!
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