HELLO!
Our first morning at the new hotel here in San Francisco. it is raining, of course. ☁ We came down to breakfast earlier than the last few days and enjoyed some coffee to get us going for a long day. We got on the bus and did our "anti rain" dance! It had a delayed response today. We headed right down town to Alcatraz to go on a tour. We got to pier 33 to get on a ferry to take us to the island. Thank goodness we all got ponchos because of course it was raining. ☂ We were divided into groups so we could go on the audio tour inside the prison.
Once we got to the island we headed up a long drive way to get to the top where the prison is located. Just so all you parent's who aren't familiar with Alcatraz, it is not a working prison. (We are all safe and good students) We all got headphones for the audio tour we were about to experience. The audio tour was great! It felt like we were in our own world there back in time. It was a real first hand experience. There were many narrators that were either prisoners or guards on Alcatraz. One of the most famous people who stayed at Alcatraz was Al Capone. It was still raining. ☁ At one point we had to step outside for a minuet and we almost got blown away! Overall it was a good experience at Alcatraz.
Then we headed to a sweet mall to have free time to get dry and have lunch! They had very good Thai food. MmMm! The food court was awesome! They had a lot of international food available. We spread out and had free time to shop. We love shopping. So a lot of us got some warmer clothes and even prom dresses! It was a good shopping afternoon.
After our break we drove off to the Golden Gate Bridge. The walk across is 1.71 miles/ 2.75km, so walking in the rain would be miserable. Carleigh decided we would like to live to tell you stories of our trip so we it was raining, we decided to take the bus across the bridge. ☁ We got to the other side and to the look out spot and took a few pictures. We braved the rain and wind and got out to get a great group picture as well! Some people tried to take pictures as if we were holding the bridge up. Then we headed back on the warm bus to pier 39. Once we got there we had free time to shop for souvenirs. A lot of people stayed warm with hot chocolate or coffee. We got to see the famous sea lions! They were very loud sometimes! The noise they make is like "air ahr" it sounds so funny. Everyone was just staring at the sea lions then at us because we were "talking back" to the sea lions! Most students bought the I ♥ SF shirts! More popular gifts were license plates and key chains. Then it was time for dinner.
We got to Hard Rock Cafe and were anxious to eat. We ordered our food and while we were waiting we entertained ourselves by singing Justin Bieber songs. We have the Bieber Fever! (but not all of us) The food was great! Bacon cheese burgers, pulled bbq pork burger, cesar salad and honey mustard chicken sandwiches satisfied our hunger! Once we were done with dinner we ran out to try and get a picture of the SUNLIGHT that came out while we were at dinner. ☀ (yes it seriously stopped raining!) We didn't actually get to see the sunset but the light really looked there. Then we waited to get picked up by John, our bus driver. We did another rain dance in front of Hard Rock Cafe to bring us good luck for tomorrow. It was so cold so when the bus arrived we thanked John for keeping the bus warm for us! Then back to the hotel we went. On the way back to the hotel the sweet little Thai girls told us the real name of Bangkok. Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Phiman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit
Well, while we are writing this blog a lot of the other students are squeezing themselves into the hot tub. It is a very popular place to be, especially in this weather. Tomorrow is our last day and everyone is sad that it is coming to an end.
Today was wet, awesome, informative, and fun! We liked Alcatraz and the tour on the island. The prison wasn't that scary. The mall was huge and we enjoyed the time we got to spend there. Pier 39 was chilly but it was a great spot to get our souvenirs and to laugh at the sea lions.
Goodnight! Sweet dreams American families. Good morning (basically) the rest of the world! ☺
Chana Anurukwongkul- Thailand
Nun Ritthikanon- Thailand
Fong Leesakul- Thailand
Luca Kronsbein- Germany
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