The city on the bay

It's getting really cold here in San Fran that were finding ourselves hibernating by 8 pm. Not only that, but Ryan has caught some sort of flu (probably from that sneaky private taxi driver back in Orlando) and is resting up as much as he can. Although his cold never stopped us from exploring this beautiful city and what a better way to see the bay than to bike the coast, tandem bike.


Now this idea sounded great when we thought about it. There wasn't really much to decide on because I can't ride a bike, full stop. So this was really the only option, besides from walking. It started out with me panicking on the back peddles, only because I couldn't see a thing besides his backpack and the fact that he likes to ride really fast and swirve many times only made me even more nervous. I wanted to enjoy the view but all I could think about was the pain in my fingers gripping the handles so tightly and the fear of falling from the speed he was doing. So you can just imagine our conversations during the start of our route.

But eventually, after compromising on the speed and form of communcation if any while peddling, I started to calm down and breathe in the freshness and natural beauty of what was before us. The view was just amazing.

Why don't we have parks this beautiful locally?

At Crissy Park with the Golden Gate Bridge not too far away

At a rest stop admiring the view before us

San Francisco :-)

The view from a steep hill. You can't see it but there are families having bbqs along the bay

After the 3 hour tandem experience, we join in with the locals by laughing at people get scared by the man behind the bush lol!! (I was one of his victims)

Crab chowder in a bread bowl ...a must have! soooo goooooooooood!!

And our Alcatraz night tour was also quite interesting. Not as eerie as I had imagined (or compared to my visit to Mauthaussen in Austria...) but great to learn more about this little island on the bay, what it was used for and the escapes of Alcatraz.

On the Alcatraz cruise. What are you thinking bub?

The many cells

Inside one of the more isolated cells

:-P (It was actually dark in there)

When the inmates realised this was going to be their second home, some did it up a bit.. (and this inmate knew how to crochette @pink blanket lol!)

How the inmates escaped - made paper mache heads and chipped away the ventilation wall with a spoon