Tour of San Francisco on Thanksgiving Day

This is the Historical Wells Fargo Building

Today was a sad day since we were not able to spend Thanksgiving with family but we had a great time together in San Francisco. We decided to take a tour of the city on a double decker bus to tour the city. It was really nice because we did not have to drive just to get lost and we did not have to find parking. Here are some pictures of what we saw today!

Here is a picture of a beautiful Cathedral, the cable cars and a very steep sidewalk!

Alcatraz

Here is Antonio and I on our bus tour!!!

Cute little Go-Cars to tour the city

City Hall

Statue in Union Square

Golden Gate Bridge

 

We went to Boudin Bakery for a warm drink and a lemon poppyseed muffin! It was very good and neat to see them baking bread.

Historical Boudin Bakery

Transferring of Breads!

Here is some styles of bread

We stopped at Fisherman's Warf and looked at some of the boats coming in and was almost attacked by some pelicans haha!This is one of the boats!

CRAB

It's 50 degrees and we were cold!!!

Hold on your credit cards it's Union Square home of MACYs, Tiffany's, Bloomingdales,etc.

Apartment Hunting...Still!

Yes we are still apartment hunting but finally it is coming to an end. We have been checking out Walnut Creek and we are seeing an apartment in the city today. So we have basically checked out the whole area...Berkeley, Rockridge, Jack London Square in Oakland, Walnut Creek, and finally today San Francisco. So, hopefully we decide and get all the paperwork done. I am just worn out from looking at so many places I can't wait till it is over and we can have our own place rather than stay in a hotel,which is nice at times and a pain on others.

Pictures of what we have seen so far, not much but they are nice!

 Here are a few pictures, some of when we were walking around I spotted some flowers that my husband recognized that he thought were like the ones like his grandmother used to have, which is always nice to see in the winter, some palm trees which are new to the eyes from where I am from, an outside flower shop, and finally a glass of water that we had at a Thai restaurant.

Palm Tree at the Claremont

Flower shop on Shattuck

Thai Restaurant glass of water

The Claremont Hotel Club and Spa (our hotel)

A view from our room

Claremont hotel tower

Our View from our hotel room!

Here it is all rainy today :(

Our Little Friend!!!

Here is our very nice hotel that my husband's company set us up in and a picture of our little friend this morning outside our window. I also added a picture from our view today and a view from yesterday, you can see that it has been yucky all day raining and misting. You cannot see across the bay anymore or the bridge but when it is sunny and not foggy you can see the Bridge in the distance.

Thursday Berkeley Market

Yesterday we went to the Market as we were on our way to Crepevine for Crepes. (Loved the Sweet Crepes, not so much the regular meal ones, (NUTELLA, STRAWBERRIES, NUTS! YUMMMMM!!!!!!) It is so nice to have fresh produce. There was one in our old city where we were but there are so many here and so many different things, I tried fruit that I have never even heard of. I should sell some of my crafts or bake...Hmmm... Anyways here are a few pictures and a picture of the pomegranates that we bought to have later!

Different scenes on the airplane

On our way to the Oakland airport we saw many different scenes. We saw desert, mountains and my wonderful plains. Here are a few pictures from our flight! There is also a picture of my tired husband on our flight, we were so tired since we hardly slept the night before due to all our stuff being already on its way.

Ice cream, Ice cream, we scream for Ice cream!

As some of you may know my husband and I love ice cream here are some great shops we have been to. What is nice is that we have been able to see and eat at great little small, locally owned restaurants and shops. I really like that about this area. The Ici shop has great homemade ice cream and new flavors all the time. We have been there about 3 times since we have been here...well 3 times out of 4 days. That is how bad we are with ice cream. Today we tried a place called Lush. It has gelato and it was awesome! It was so smooth, wonderful strong flavors, and actually very unique flavors! So here are two pictures of the places.

So, we have arrived!

So we have arrived at our destination. There are many things that are different than I am used to. Pedestrians have the right of way and can just start walking in a pedestrian crossing section of the road and not even have to look, if you don't give them the right of way you can be fined a minimum of $104. Crazy, so sometimes you hardly see someone and they just start walking! What is nice is that everyone is walking and biking. We see a lot of parents with the little child seat connected, parents following their kids to school on their bike, or like my dad always wanted to make was the bikes that have a small bike connected (all one bike) for kids to ride behind and petal if they want to. There are so many places to eat from whatever country you want to try. We have hit a few ice cream places of course and they have been also great. I have noticed the in thing being boots, skinny jeans, and scarfs! Which is a cute chic look!! I guess I am still not convinced of living here yet I still miss home and feel like I should be going home soon, but I think that soon it will click in that I will be staying for a bit. This seems like a vacation. Our hotel is awesome, very nice called the Claremont hotel, everyone talks about how great it is. We have been walking so much I feel exhausted at the end of the day since we have been walking in the neighborhoods and trying to find where we want to live. It is also because once you find a parking spot you want to keep it, it is so hard to find parking here. You either have to have a specific parking permit for a certain area, pay, or you can only stay up to 2 hours in some parts of the streets. I think we have finally found the neighborhoods we like and so we are just waiting to find the perfect and reasonably priced apartment. Well that is all for now!

Here we go!

So here I am in my small town comfort zone getting ready to fly into a big, crazy city in one week. I feel that at times I am free falling, falling into a hole with no end but I know that God is good and will catch me and direct me. With so many feelings going through my head I almost can't think straight haha! I am nervous, scared, excited, and sad of leaving everything that is my comfort. But, I know that this is something that I have to do in my life right now and I keep reminding myself that it is not forever. It takes a lot of trust in my husband and trust in God that he will take care of us.  Here my adventures begin and I am excited for that. My plan is to write down what I experience as I am a "Californian." So, here I go with one bag in one hand and my husband's hand in the other jumping with both feet in an adventure of unknowns.