Last week was stressful and long and hormonal. You know when just everything that can go wrong, goes wrong! Sorry if this sounds repetitive. Uni life is a mixture of ups and downs both at home and away so nothing new there, just going through the motions in a slightly sunnier and warmer climate!
We had the day off on Friday for Veterans Day so although all I wanted to do on Thursday was curl into a ball and say goodbye to the crappy week with TV and ice-cream, me and my roommate drove to San Francisco! and I am so glad I went! It took my mind off of everything.
On Friday we loaded up and headed out to start the first sight-seeing day. We headed over to Golden Gate Park and the deYoung museum to go to the observation deck at the top. Aaammaazzziinnnggg view over the city!
We walked down haight ashbury, a popular district in the 60s and 70s. Really cool area with a real hippie vibe. there were shrines on the street dedicated to dead musicians, including Amy Winehouse! Did a bit of shopping before heading over to Japantown for some Ramen noodles and to hit up the cheap $1 Japanese shops for items like Japanese sweets, white boards and sponges! We also stopped off at Alamo Square where those famous San Francisco houses are located (any fans of Full House, Party of Five, or any other show based in San Francisco will have seen these houses in the opening credits!)
We hopped on a bus to Union plaza where by this point it was absolutely chucking it down! We hopped into a few high end shops, including a home and kitchen wear one that was giving out hot apple cider...we hung out in there for a while! We then barged our way into a really posh hotel to take the glass lift that is on the outside of the hotel, up to the 32nd floor to get a view of downtown San Fran! We tried to make it look like we belonged in this hotel but we clearly didn't...rucksacks, raincoats, and soaking wet girls did not fit in with the uber posh, upper-class, older couples sitting in the wine lounge at 3pm. Too wet and rainy to go wonder round China town so we headed over to the Ferry Building to sample lots of deli foods! Went back to my roommates sister's apartment and watched Crazy, Stupid Love...hilarious film! I have always been in love with Steve Carrell.
Supposed to get back to Santa Cruz for midday on Saturday as we both had a lot of work to do, but we heard about a Green festival on 8th street which was only a few blocks away so decided to go check it out for a bit. Well, we must've spent 2 hours in there! We got in for free because we were students and this place was absolutely enormous, stalls stretching for about half a mile! We picked up some free tote bags and worked our way down, picking up samples of ice cream, protein powders, raw and natural fruit drinks, granola bars, chocolate, kale crisps, rice, licorice samples, apple sauce, literally anything that was natural and sustainable, we picked it up! We filled up two bags, went home, dropped them off, then went back again for round 2! We came back with 5 bags full to the brim of free stuff! It was amazing. We didn't get back to Santa Cruz until 9pm even though San Francisco is only an hour away! I love Californians and their love of natural, greeness;) Means that I don't have to ever buy apple sauce or bags of red licorice (retail price $6!) or energy bars or laundry detergent again! I have no idea what to do with my hemp seeds though. I'm sure someone in Santa Cruz can tell me.
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