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Saturday, July 2, 2011

San Francisco


San Francisco, Cali is a beautiful place. 
The city is full of friendly people. They are odd and different. Let us tell the story about one man in store. He is a clerk. He saw us using sign language and he didn’t speak. He wrote on paper for the price-- that is very nice. Those people know deaf people.  They are very respectful to other people. We saw few Indian women dressed up and colorful. The city has many people and much culture and they show it.
            The city is also different because it is colorful and busy. The homes are different sizes, designs and colors.   There are many stores and they are attractive. The restaurants are good and delicious. The cuisine is often seafood, and many come from China and Japan.  For lunch, Bud gave us tickets so we can choose a meal from the restaurants listed.  If students don’t want to eat at those restaurants then they pay their own money to choose other restaurants. For dinner we ate at the Rain Forrest Café.
            It was fun to look at the transportation. First we took a harbor cruse and saw the Golden Gate Bridge, The Oakland Bay Bridge, Alcatraz Island (and prison), and a dome left from a world's fair in 1915.   There was a small taxi that look like boat but it is a car.  There was a double deck bus.  There were people on bikes and Segways. 
We saw how they turned the cable cars around and while waiting, we saw about 15 of the active 40 cable cars.   We rode the cable car to see the city and look at different streets. Many people crowded in the cable car. Some of the roads in San Francisco are very steep.  Lombard street is dangerous, curvy, and very famous, but we only got to look over it from the top.  We did have a great view of the wharf as we rode down Hyde street.  

Noon photo: Saturday July 2, 2011

World famous San Francisco Cable Car.

Day 6: Saturday July 2, 2011

Weather:  cool, foggy near the bridge.
Temperature: 61º

Destination: San Francisco
Highlight: Harbor Tour and Cable Car Ride.
Scenery:    Bay, Wharf, Cityscape

Mileage:
      ~ 20 miles driving
    + 2650 miles flying  (SFO to ALT, ALT to PIT)
    + ? Steps walking

Breakfast: at Hotel
Lunch:  Meal of your choice from Voucher on Pier 39
Dinner: Rain Forrest Cafe

Revile: (time to get up!):  7:30
Curfew: PLEASE PLEASE sleep on the plane (the chaperons would like to take turns getting some sleep eye too!)

Noon Photo Day 5: Friday, July 1, 2011


We were all so excited about the aquarium we forgot to take a group photo today.  Oops!