the birdman without birds
BonJour!
Monday July 11th is almost over so It’s time to tell you what I did today.
I got up around 9.30, sloooowly showered and got dressed, had breakfast and took the F line to Pier 39. There I walked around the pier and fisherman’s wharf..exploring all the shops. And went to the Aquarium afterwards.. which wasn’t very interesting :P still didn’t touch any sea creatures.
Then I went to the arcade where I won a monkey :’) WHEE. it even has sound effects. (im such a child :P).
After that I had dinner at in-n-out because Victoria told me to (She trained me well). I’m not a fan. WAY too crowded and burgers and fries were close to being cold.
Around 5.15ish i went to pier 33 where I went on board a boat that took me to Alcatraz Island. There I did an Audio tour which was really interesting (they even had a Dutch one but I did the English one because the original language is ALWAYS better). It really was a great tour. Took me through all cellblocks, dining area, recreation space, visitor area and the place where the guards and their families lived. The audio tour explained life in Alcatraz, the escapes, the riots, everything.
Around 8 I did the “birdman of alcatraz” tour. Also very interesting, especially considering the birdman had no birds when he was IN alcatraz.. only when he was in Kansas :P.
Around 9 I got back to the F line but we were advised NOT to take that one because it was too crowded. so we ran to a bus. which had no driver. so i went back considering I only needed 1 space on the damn thing. nothing.
so i ran back to the bus which now actually had a driver. Drove through China Town once again and now its 10.10 ish and Im back in my hotel.
the end :)
tomorrow is Tuesday which means I’ll be doing the “REAL SF” tour. should be fun.
and Wednesday will be the last day here.. time flies when you’re having fun. though I can’t wait to see everyone again in the netherlands and sleep the entire week next week (:
I’ll try to upload pictures.. but I don’t think it’ll work..
if it doesn’t , you’ll have to wait until I can creep into a starbucks again ;).
XXX
