Exploring San Francisco

Dear Fellow Reader,

Today was yet another day of exploring! As mentioned in the post yesterday, our hotel was in Fisherman's Wharf. That was only for one night. This morning we packed our bags and moved to our next hotel which is located in Union Square. Union Square is in downtown San Francisco and its absolutely beautiful. But more on that later. I need to stay on track because we had a very busy day.

Once we packed our bags and checked out of our hotel this morning we drove to Muir Woods.

Some brief history before we continue, Muir Woods is part of the National Park Service and is 554 acres. 240 of those acres are Old Growth Coast Redwood forests. Only few remain in the San Francisco Bay Area. The forest is cool and and moist all year. President Theodore Roosevelt declared Muir Woods a National Park in 1908 and in 2008 it was designated by the US National Register of Historic Places. Cool, huh? History lesson over, that's enough thinking for the day.

We also got there before it was officially open so we got in for free #winning

Here are some of the beautiful shots I got while I was walking around this morning:

Here I am pondering life and if I could actually fit in the tree (turns out I did #winning, again)

After our hike we stopped at the little cafe right inside the woods and shared some scones

Once we finished there we drove to the Golden Gate Bridge to get some good pictures.

I got some pretty gnarly ones, if I don't say so myself:

I told you they would be gnarly.

Once we finished there our hotel room was ready so we drove to the hotel and did some sight seeing in downtown Union Square:

After walking around we decided it was eating time again and got some grub. 

We went a place called The Daily Grill and it was super good. 

Heres my favorite food group again!

 I got a delicious wrap with grilled chicken, black beans, avocados, tortilla chips, lettuce and a spicy cajun aioli on the side (aioli is a fancy word for mayonnaise that's typically flavored with garlic and other spices)

We also got this delicious Mac and Cheese with three cheeses, mushrooms and bacon. It was the bomb.com. I felt inspired and I think I'm gonna try to recreate it myself one weekend. 

After lunch my nana and mom went to do a little more shopping but to tell you the truth I was pooped and not in the mood to shop so I walked back to the Hotel to chill for a little bit. 

Tomorrow is yet another busy day, lots of sight seeing in the morning and my good friend who is going to work at Google with me is arriving.  Lots of stuff planned, time to rest, au revoir fellow reader.