I had never been to San Francisco and technically I was staying in Redwood City/Redwood Shores (the names seemed to be interchangeable but I'm not sure if that's true). Anyway, Redwood is about 20 minutes south of San Fran and home to many major computer-related companies. I really liked the area and the city...much more than LA (sorry Matt!). Since I went out the first week by myself, 2 of the other people in the training class took me under their wing and drove me around to see some sights. This was especially nice since I didn't have a rental car!
On Monday, 10/9, we went down to Fisherman's Wharf . Either my camera doesn't take very good pictures at night or I didn't have it on the right setting...so, the pictures came out pretty grainy.
Here's Alcatraz from the docks
We walked down to Pier 39 to see the Sea Lions laying out...although in this shot, you can really only see the Sea Gulls
Here are some really blurry Sea Lions
On 10/11 we went into San Mateo for lunch. It had a nice couple of blocks of shops and places to eat. I found that most of the different towns had similar areas and that was pretty cool. I also couldn't get over how clean the streets were, even in downtown San Fran. Anyway, as we walked around, we came upon a guy outside a restaurant with 2 parrots. Now, they weren't just any parrots though...they were cowboys!
Both of the parrots were wearing cowboy hats and the kids walking by were loving it...I guess I was too! I overheard the man say that these parrots are famous and have been featured on the Discover Channel. So I guess I did meet some celebrities on my trip!
That night, some of us went out to a brewery in Half Moon Bay for dinner. It's right on the water and I got this picture of the sun setting.
On my last day of the 1st trip, I got to go on a tour of Alcatraz with some other people in my class. I kind of felt bad because Joe really wants to go there and I didn't have much interest in it. I took pictures for him though and figure I'll do the tour again when we get a chance to go out there together.
San Francisco skyline from the boat to Alcatraz
The Rock - in my head I hear this spoken with Sean Connery's accent
The "Welcome" Sign
Broadway cell block
The rumored cell of Al Capone
The San Francisco skyline on the boat ride back...blurry but pretty
I took the red eye home that night so I could spend time with Ben and Joe. Being away wasn't as hard as I expected it to be but I certainly missed them and I know Joe was glad to have another set of hands to help keep up with Ben! Surprisingly Ben didn't seem to hold it against me that I was a away for almost a week...he's such a trooper!
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