Jan's Adventures
last night in the states
Wednesday 27th April 2005
We finally made it to San Francisco. My host parents drove us over there from Madera. We got out to Peer 39 having a nice lunch with a great view torwards Alcatraz.
sunny california
Monday 25th April 2005
It sure is good to be back in california again.
Arne and I went to my old High School, Sierra High in Tollhouse and met some old teachers of mine. One of them I had not seen for 11 years and yet he remembered me right away. We had some great chats, walked around the grounds and enjoyed the beautifull weather.
On frieday we went to Yosemite with my host mother and a friend of her's.
It was a lovely day. We biked around a bit, hiked a little and stared at huge trees with branches thicker than I am tall.
last and only night in chicago
Monday 18th April 2005
It was a great night in Chicago. We walked along Michigan Ave. and the river and ended up in Andy's on Hubbard Str., a small Jazzbar with live music.
Not long before midnight the jet leg started catching up on us. When we were finally yawning all over the place we decided to just head back to the hostel.
chicago in less than 24h
Monday 18th April 2005
We got into Chicago 2h late, because someone on the trasin passed away last night during the ride. Coming into the city we quickly found a nice place for crashing in downtown Chicago. It's the Hostelling International and it is clean and inexpensive.
We put our stuff away and took off to see the city, walking around in some parks, watching people play baseball and staring at the sky scrapers.