First weekend in San Francisco

So I have to confess that I only spend half of the weekend in San Francisco, because on Saturday we went to Santa Cruz.

Anyway let’s begin with the 23th of October, a Friday evening. The Swiss students and the kids from Lowell wanted to organize a get-together, so we could all get to know us. Someone came up with the great idea of making a bonfire at the Ocean beach. I have to say it was wonderful. We all sat there on one side the ocean and we heard how the waves were crashing, while on the other side the streetlights were covered in fog. We made smores and talked about the experiences we made during our first week in San Francisco. Sadly it ended quite abrupt, because the police came and asked everyone to leave the beach, but still I made some memories, which are worth to be collected.

On Saturday we had to get up early, because as I mentioned earlier we planned to go to Santa Cruz, a city famous for waves that are waiting for someone, who rides them and the oldest amusement park in California, named Boardwalk. It is located right by the beach, so when you get on a ride you have a truly awesome view over the ocean. I have to say the rides might not have been the newest but still I had to convince myself to even go on them and the Fright Walk almost made me pee in my pants. After we left Boardwalk we took a look at the city center of Santa Cruz, where a lot of surfer shops are located, besides that the town is decorated with lights, which give the buildings an extra portion of charm in the evening.

On our way home we stopped by at IN-N-OUT and found a delicious way to end the day!!

The next day, we thought we deserved to sleep in. We planned to go on a picnic in the Golden Gate Park, so we had to prepare some food. Our host dad dropped us of near the Haight-Ashbury, which was in the 60s the center of the gypsy movement and where artists like Janis Joplin or the Grateful Dead once lived, until today it is an alternatively shaped district of San Francisco. Anyway from there we walked to the Golden Gate Park, where we also visited the De Young Museum and just enjoyed our walk. We spontaneously decided to walk all the way home, which forced us to overcome a few of San Francisco’s steepest streets, but when we finally reached the top, we must confess that it definitely was worth the view!!

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