Day Nine: Los Angeles to San Francisco

Today was another travel day, this time from Los Angeles to San Francisco!  For some people it might sound ridiculous, but travel days, are in my opinion, awesome. After all that fun stuff we do, it is a chance for everyone to get some rest.  If my friends didn't rest they were watching soccer or just talking! Everyone was really getting into the soccer game! The energy was exciting for the soccer game because of all the nationalities represented. All the guys have been taking the games seriously.

Along the road we had three stops: two for stretching and one for lunch. After the bus ride we got to San Francisco. TiCi made some of her interesting jokes, again, and gave us some information about the city. She told us about how the Gold Rush in 1849 affected the city, and how the earthquake of 1906 destroyed the eastern part of the city! The earthquake caused much damage not only because of the quake but because it started fires that were difficult to put out!  

After all that talking finally TiCi let us go. We spent some time on Pier 39 and get some new goodies.  Pier 39 had some beautiful views of the bay.  It had some good photo opportunities with all the sea lions and the small islands in the Bay Area.  The shopping at Pier 39 had some of your typical shops but what really got us was the smell of delicious food coming from everywhere! We were getting hungry!

 For dinner we met at Bubba Gump, and had an awesome dinner. Dinner started with some spinach and artichoke dip which was ok, but my burger and chocolate cake were delicious! Others at my table had chicken scampi or fried shrimp!  

After dinner we left for the bus! Everyone thought it was freezing! So much colder than the previous cities we had been in! We got to our hotel in Oakland and were ready for day two in San Francisco!


Blog Contributor: Gokalp Ergenekon, Turkey

Sea Lion on Pier 39

Fishermans Wharf

City View