Chi town and California Dreaming

The Whirlwind across the US of A continues as I am writing this from the not so sunny Californ IA. (but more about that later...need to get the blogspot fans up to date with the trip so far).

In Chicago, we continued our sightseeing by ascending the highest building in the Western Hemisphere...Sears tower, as you can see the views of the city and of the lake were amazing. As it was clear we were told that we could see 50 miles in any direction. Unfortuneatly, that meant we still couldnt quite see our hostel....which im pretty sure was in a different state!!!

Once returning to earth we mooched around and took in the citys atmos, seeing the must sees and stuffing our faces before our flight. (with $2 dollar beers and $1 cheesburgers...the Manhatten prices are long behind us now).

So later that afternoon we flew 4 hrs to sunny San francisco...where it was raining..apparently my fault due to listening to Rhiannas Umbrella on the plane. (gotta stick wit ma girl R during these tough times). Worse news still than rhiannas slap was that once again it was time for the Yellow coat to rear its ugly head. With the rain and the coat we looked round the city and got a bite to eat then hit the sack.

Today, weather on and off all day, we went to Alcatraz which probably was the highlight of the trip so far. Amazing tour and experience...all done in a classy way (not that flashing lights and neon signs typical of america)...One thing to note was that we met an ex con...one of the 5 surviving people to have served time in the prison.....MAN was i excited, he had a book to promote and he had been hyped to be a great guy....(sorry for this Barb) but he was a real penis...grumpy and short wouldnt answer any of my questions!!!! tosser!

Times running out.....but after we caught the tram and rode up and down the streets and hills of San Fran... Here comes the first shot of the Coat;

Anyway,,,,times up but all is good and loving San Fran...its alot less serious here than on the East coast, lots of smiles and laughs.

Peace!