Anna After an amazing time in Las Vegas, it was time to head to San Francisco. This time, we traveled by Greyhound because there were no Flixbuses on this route. To be perfectly honest, I kinda prefer Flixbus over Greyhound as they were much cleaner. Maybe also due to the fact that on our Greyhound bus there was this dude that seemed pretty high on drugs and kept going to the toilet and afterwards tried to play innocent and complained about the dirty toilet. Like dude, we all know it was you? It was quite a long journey from Las Vegas to San Francisco. We left around 7 in the morning and arrived around 9 in the evening so that was a very long day!
It was a bit “chilly” in San Francisco after staying in Vegas. It was around 18 degrees so I had to wear a blouse and jeans, which was new to me. Hadn’t worn anything besides shorts and crop tops. In San Fran we stayed in an airbnb with a lovely host. José rented out two rooms and lived with, we presume, a roommate. A roommate who was a huge fan of Dwayne, the rock, Johnson. The roommate didn’t speak much and was mostly watching videos on his cellphone. José was a treat! He was so nice and friendly. The house was near a BART station so it was pretty easy to get to the center of San Francisco. Thanks to a friend of my aunt’s, we had 90 dollars worth of BART tickets. She went to San Francisco with her family and there was still a large amount of money left on their tickets. Which was great for us, of course!
I really enjoyed San Francisco, the city by the bay was just marvelous. We walked across the Golden Gate Bridge and there you have an amazing view of the city. We explored the city and I ate my first corndog ever! I quite liked it. I almost bought a baseball jersey but it was crazy expensive so unfortunately I had to leave the jersey in the store. We also tried out in-n-out burger, which is a fast food joint and it was great! Loved the fries and burgers. Furthermore, I decided to get a haircut in San Francisco as my bangs were getting way too long. The hairdresser was incredibly kind and cut my hair for free. She told me to have a great trip and to enjoy myself, so sweet!
Once again, we rented a car! We really wanted to visit Yosemite and therefore we needed a car. Yosemite was very impressive but way too big! We only anticipated on going for one day but the park is immense. So we chose some nice view points and drove up there. One of the view points we visited was Glacier point. During the winter, you can see a lot of snow and ice but as we were there during summer, there was none. Nevertheless, the view was amazing. Another tourist attraction we visited, was Alcatraz. We did the audio tour on the island and it was super impressive. The stories of the prisoners and the stories of the guards were very compelling. You also get an incredible view of the city when you are on the island. As they tell you in the audio tour, it was hard for the prisoners to hear and see the city but not be a part of it. The trip to Alcatraz does cost a bit but it is definitely worth your money! The only annoying thing was the fact that there were so many flies on the island.
The end of our USA trip was approaching and it was time to get ready to fly to Beijing, which is a story for another time! Stay tuned.
