American In Sydney

After travelling from Sydney to Singapore to Hong Kong, I finally made it to San Francisco! My first time in Northern California and what a GREAT trip it was! It was wonderful catching up with friends and exploring the beautiful hilly city! Sabine was wonderful in letting me stay with her. The first day I caught up with Brian who showed me the Brian tour of SF.

We started with lunch at the Market. Then we ventured our way to Pier 39, where we got great views of Alcatraz, seal lions and tons of tourists! When I saw Alcatraz (left) I was surprised that Sean Connery had such a tough time getting off because it looked so close to the shore. Then we looked at map to see that it was further than we thought. Then we drove on Lombard Street, a.k.a. the curviest road in SF, and curvey it was! Brian had to concentrate on the turns. What resident would be happy about the many tourists who wanted to drive down the road?

Then we walked through the gorgeous Palace of Fine Arts (left). The architecture was beautiful. This is where Sean Connery met with his daughter before being taken away to Alcatraz (if you haven't figured out all these Sean Connery references are from the Rock). Then the Brian Lin tour ended with a beautiful panoramic of the famous Golden Gate Bridge.

Then the HSPH gals (Kathryn and her bump, Lindsey, Sabine, and I) went out to a great restaurant in the Mission. It was fabulous seeing everyone and catching up.

When Sabine and I went home we both fell dead asleep exhausted from our days...