our mini getaway

We woke up bright and early the day after christmas to drive to San Francisco. I did pretty good during the whole journey... i only slept for 30 min or so out of the 5-6 hours drive. :)) We finally arrived at SF bay bridge after a crazy detour from our crazy GPS system. on the way in to the island, we saw q big fire going on... which slowed down the traffic

into the bay bridge! We 1st checked in to our hotel to get refreshed a little.... and then visited... the golden gate bridge. we went to the other side of SF, the Marin county side the gorgeous view of san fran
my very attentive husband didn't bother to let me know that i buttoned my coat wrong so i can have picture of this to remember for the rest of my life :\
Since we were at the Marin side, we decided to drove around Sausalito. The water stink so bad..... -_- you think they get used to the smell?? i definitely cannot imagine living in one of these houseboats. Next visit was Union Square. We met up with eng jo and her brothers who coincidentally was visiting SF the same weekend. Union Square was so pretty. Decorated with lots of christmas lights. Almost looked like ny... a mini ny. So christmassy feel.... :))) It has a mini outdoor skating rink... pretty cool. We walked around town and had crappy chinese food at chinatown.

Next morning, we went on the Alcatraz Cruise. We both had not done the tour before and heard it is worth visiting. We took the early bird cruise to beat the crowd.

A very nice Saturday morning, unlike what the weather forecast said. on the ferry.... going to the island

the self guided audio tour makes the tour a lot more interesting. The narator explains the history pretty good. behind the bars if you don't listen to your wife :| the jail kitchen. surprisingly, they were one of the prisons that served the best food (according to the audio narrator) John had to go half way during the tour ;) and my curiosity prompted me to smell the toilet... emmm... not nice -.- after the tour, we had lunch at the fisherman's wharf. We shared a plate of fish & chips. Pretty good. Here at the Lombard Street, the famous crookedest st in the world. We walked from Fisherman Wharfs all the way to Lombard Street. Thanks to "Smarty Pants", who kept saying that it's very close but dind;t realize that every street that we had to go is uphill!!! on the famous famous trolley.... we went to union square again at night.... it was just so pretty the view from macy's top patio Next morning before we hit the long journey home, we stopped by the Golden Gate Bridge again for a better picture. This time, we didn't cross the bridge. SF City Hall.

It was a fun trip. I brought home from San Francisco a sore leg and John a bad knee. :P