Yesterday
was our first ”real” day in San Francisco. We arrived yesterday after an awful
long flight, first we flew from Billund to Copenhagen very early in the morning
and then we flew to San Francisco. We had to wait about one and a half hour for
security check which was very tiring, since I had not slept for 48 hours. Unfortunately,
my luggage was missing, so I had to fill out some forms and I received 100
dollars so I could buy the basic things I needed. Besides that, our bus did not
show up, so we had to wait a long time before it could come and get us. My
first impression of the city was the very beautiful architecture and the fairly
warm climate, which just was a big difference in contrast to Denmark.
We started
our day with breakfast in the lounge of our hostel, which was totally american.
The breakfast contained bagels large jars of peanut butter, Nutella and lots of
jam. The people at the hostel are really friendly and open-minded, and it is
really easy to have a conversation with them. After breakfast, we were hearing
a presentation about his life and the American way of living. He was originally
from Egypt and he had studied at a university in Denmark for a couple of years.
Now he is a professor at a college in California. Afterwards we walked into the
city, which is only a small distance from our hostel. Then we were riding a
tourist bus, which was called “The Macig Bus”. The bus was very colorful and
played very loud music. Our guide was a hippie, whom clearly was on drugs. I
have never seen such a crazy women like her, she kept dancing and yelled at
people on the street, but she generally talked about the sixties. We also had
to wear a yellow flower in our hair, and she past some LSH around and she
talked about how much she liked to get high. Anyway, it was a fun experience
and I got some really nice pictures. After the tour-bus, we had some time for
shopping and I literally went crazy. I used a lot of money in shops like,
Victoria’s Secret, Mac, CVS, and many clothes shops. San Francisco is probably
the best city, I have ever been in, it is so amazing. There were also some
people who were “too friendly”, and tried to give us weed and stuff like that. We
were also lost in the city and we could not find back, so there were a homeless
guy who insisted to follow us over there. I think he had some kind of disorder
he seemed really strange, and he said he wanted to ask us out for dinner, and he
gave us lots of compliments. For dinner, we found a good restaurant/café, which
made amazing pasta. We ate at nine. PM so were all really craving, since we
hadn’t been eating for almost 14 hours.
Today we
are going to see Alcatraz, Stanford University and do a “little” shopping. I am
going to put some pictures in later, when I have a little more time. Im sorry if there are many spelling mistakes, I am very tired today!