Anna- off to San Francisco

The day to fly to California came too quickly- none of us wanted to leave! On the 5th of May we flew to San Francisco with a stop in Atlanta on the way. When we arrived in San Fran it was late and we were all very tired due to the time difference. We hired our rental car from the airport then found our hotel and went straight to bed. On the 6th, we moved into a different hotel. We caught the train into town. we had a booking for Alcatraz around lunchtime, so we walked down all the piers from pier 1 to pier 33. We took a boat out to Alcatraz. It's a prison on an island that was in use from 1934 to 1963. 'If you break the rules you go to prison. If you break the prison rules you go to Alcatraz.' No-one ever escaped because of the strong currents surrounding the water, and also because of the sharks. (Actually, some people did escape but were never found. Made it to safety or drowned? We will never know) We walked around the building, and went into some cells and other rooms like the library, the shower room and the dining room. After spending a few hours on the island, we caught the boat back. We continued walking along the piers, right to pier 39. We looked around at the shops, then walked further to the Fishermans Wharf. Thats where it happened. I left my mark in San Francisco- a green splat on the pavement! After that we found something to eat back at pier 39. Then we walked right back to pier 1 and then back to the train station. I didn't feel well again and on the train on the way back  I threw up again, and again- it wasn't a pretty sight! Then, Holly and Matt acted as if I was poisonous- they wouldn't go anywhere near me, they wouldn't talk to me and if they HAD to walk past me they would sprint. We had a big day and were glad to go to bed. On our second day in San Fran we drove into town, then hired bikes from Blazing Saddles. We rode in the strong, cold wind along the Golden Gate Bridge. The views were amazing. We rode right along to a town called Sausalito. We had lunch there and looked around a bit. We took the ferry back with our bikes. The next day we got a cable car pass and went on the cable cars. We took them right to Chinatown. We looked around Chinatown for a bit, got some fortune cookies, then took the cable car back to our car. We said goodbye to San Fransisco and started the long drive to Yosemite National Park.