Hi Everyone,
I hope everyone is really good!
On Saturday we went to Otara market in the morning which is a maori market in Otara (weirdly lol). It was really nice! I managed to get some new earrings, which are really cute and some really really cheap DVDs! Frank and Marg took us and they seemed to really enjoy it too! We watched a Polynesian dance performance too which was really really good! It had a live band and a girls group and a boys group, Frank, Marg and Rob tried to nominate me to go and dance - luckily they didn't succeed! lol!
After that we headed off to the Waikatere Ranges. We stopped off for lunch first at the Titirangi (we think thats how its spelt!), I had a croissant with ham and cheese - it was sooooo good! The Titirangi music festival had just started and a swedish brass band dressed as fish and sharks were playing along the high street, we couldn't work out why they were dressed as fish but the outfits were very impressive. I took some photos because I wasn't sure people would believe me! lol!
We drove out to the waikatere ranges information center and had a look around, the ranges are really really stunning! Frank goes treking there on wednesdays! We drove a bit further down the road to a walk called the auckland city walk to see kauri trees! Frank, Rob and I walked through for about 20mins. The Kauri trees were immense! They were really impressive! The walk was really nice!
After that we headed back to Auckland and Richard, Cindy and Baby Alan had dinner with us. Marg made Egg and Bacon pie which I had never heard of before but was really nice! I think I made friends with Baby Alan, he kept coming around to sit next to me! He is sooooo cute! lol!
After that we watched Midsumer murders and then Rob and I watched Bridget Jones the Edge of Reason.
On sunday we had lunch of homemade pizza and sandwiches and packed up and headed to the airport. It was really really sad saying goodbye to Frank and Marg, it was really lovely to see and stay with them! After we had checked in AND PAID AUCKLAND AIRPORT $25 (about 10 pounds) TAX TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY!!! I was outraged! lol! We boarded (after a short delay) our 12 and half hour flight to LA. The flight went much faster than our 12 hours flight to Sydney and on the whole wasn't too bad. I watched Juno (WHICH IS AN AWESOME FILM), the heartbreak kid (not sooo good but didn't expect it to be, but a good flight movie), Atonement (good - very sad!), an episode of what not to wear that I have already seen, wife swap, a bit of the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford and bits and bobs of other stuff. I got about two hours sleep cause my body kept waking itself up! We crossed the date line on the way sooooo we had the longest 30 March EVER!!! We landed (we were actually in San Francisco) before we took off - go figure! After that flight we got off and ran around LAX for a while trying to find our next flight. We then got a flight from LAX to San Francisco airport - this flight was not scary at all, I think mainly cause I was sooooooooo knackered (I nearly fell asleep before we had even taken off - and I didn't even close my eyes as we were taking off! I watched out the window and everything)! The pilot was really cool and kept telling us where we were flying over - Santa Barbera, San Jose etc.
We arrived in San Francisco around 4pm (we left Auckland at 7.30pm the same day - as in 30 March). We got a door to door shuttle to the Green Tortoise hostel where we are staying, which is well nice! We asked the receptionist where a diner was nearby and after a quick wash and ditching our bags we headed to Moe's! This place was sooooo cute! I had a belly buster (burger with cheese, caramalized onions and mushrooms), it really does what it says on the tin! lol! Rob had a Tex-Mex Burger (Cheese, jalapenos and onions). We shared some chilli cheese fries (I wasn't a massive fan of these - I got them cause of Gilmore Girls! lol). After that we headed back and were in bed by 8pm! Hardcore night that was! lol!
Rob went out earlier than me this morning and headed off to try and find some shoes (but didn't get any), I got the bart train and met him at La Taquerua. This had been recommended by my sister and was AMAZING!!! Its a mexican taco place! Rob had a burritos with chips and salsa, I had tacos, one with chicken, cheese, and guacomole, one the same but with beef. They were really really good!!! Jen - GOOD CHOICE!!!! After that we headed to the piers cause we really wanted to see the golden gate bridge. We went a really weird way (cause we got on the wrong bus) but did get to go on a cable car - which was well cool! We ended up at Fisherman's Wharf which according to the rough guide you should avoid - I see why! lol! Its really tacky! But I did go into Steve and Barry's and get some trousers for 4 pounds (there from the Sarah Jessica Parker collection!). We went to a park next to the maritime museum and saw the bridge!!!
After that we walked up to Union street to go to a bar called Perry's which is featured in a book called 'Tales from the City' by Armistad Maupin (my sister got me this for christmas), we didn't end up getting a drink here cause it was really busy but it was cool to see it! We instead went to a place down the street called Bar Zero. It was a quintisentially American bar, we watched Forrest Gump and I read US weekly while drinking beer, the bar tender was really nice. He was asking us questions about England and recommended a pizza place around the corner. He also said 'Cherrios' when we left... we didn't tell him it was cherrio! lol! They played a weird game with ping pong balls which we couldn't work out, I think you fill glasses with beer and if you get the ping pong ball (after bouncing it) in the glass you win that persons beer.
After that we headed to the pizza place called 'Pizza Orgasmica' on Fillmore. We had a slice and coke, this was good but not as good as Ray's in New York. After that we got the bus down Union to Columbus and walked up Columbus to our hostel.
Tomorrow we plan to walk across the golden gate bridge and spend the day in Berkerley! I've written down where my sister stayed so we're gonna go and find that. We might take one of the free tours run by students! I don't know if that means you get to see more but I hope so! lol!
CONGRATULATIONS TO JOE AND ALICE FOR GETTING MARRIED ON SATURDAY!!! I HOPE YOU GUYS HAD AN AMAZING DAY AND LIFE TOGETHER!!! :-)!!!
Lots of Love,
Sarah xxx
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