Travelogues San Francisco

Calico Ghost Town in California's Mojave Desert was founded due to silver deposits discovered in 1881. The buildings are partially constructed from adobe and water, which provided...

After our second night in Crescent City, we pack our backpacks again, as today we are heading to San Francisco. We grab something for breakfast and head to the harbor to enjoy a...

First, we got rid of the rental car the next morning and checked into a hotel in the downtown area. Then it was off to the hustle and bustle of San Francisco, a city that has...

The time zone difference is still affecting us – we’re up early, but there are some advantages. While Marc was already at the gym before 8 AM, I was sitting with a coffee in the...

First real day in San Francisco 🌉🐾 Well-rested and full of energy, we started our first real day in San Francisco at 6:30 AM. The early hour had something magical about it –...

This morning we visited "Japantown", which was unfortunately not a great experience, but the tram ride there was appreciated as the children got to stand and lean out from the...

SF! The day began with a game of connect four. We woke up early since we set the clocks back three hours! Breakfast at Starbucks, the long-awaited morning coffee. We took a...

Today we will take the second ferry to Alcatraz in the morning and explore the former high-security prison and the filming location of the gripping 90s action blockbuster “The...

To my surprise, the autonomous vehicle drives quickly through the streets of San Francisco – somewhat unusual when you usually drive the vehicle yourself. How the ethical dilemma...

The friendly Border Control is surprisingly quick, and after about 30 minutes of waiting, we can head to our hotel where we will spend our first night. Having two consecutive...

If I were a tour operator, I would describe the road trip like this: “This journey for families with children aged 8 and older through the four states of California, Nevada,...

So, which country were we asked about? Right, Panama... Panama is where America is at its narrowest. But what else do you know about it? Perhaps that the USA operated the...

We didn't wear flowers in our hair, but Mrs. Waas at least wore cherry earrings when we arrived in “San Fran.” (Travelwiki warns never to say “Frisco.”) The era of flower...

Dear followers, The last few weeks flew by once again. After my mother flew back to Germany on Friday, we only had a weekend in Pittsburgh. Then on Tuesday, it was off to the...

Our journey began in late August 2024 in San Francisco. After a tiring 12-hour flight, the next day we headed straight to the Golden Gate Bridge. We treated ourselves to a...

The decision was made: We had no other choice - to get to Costa Rica we had to fly. The next day there was a flight to San Jose, but we both had difficulty paying. (We sat on...

Friday, September 6th, 2023, day 6 Today we had a quiet day, unfortunately I caught a cold somewhere and even had a bit of a fever this morning. So we didn't do anything...

So next we went to the first big city in California, San Francisco! On the way to return the car, we drove through a downtown neighborhood where one homeless person lived next...

Thursday, October 5th, 2023, day 5 Today was another beautiful day, cloudless and sunny and 30°. We took the bus to Alamo Square because there are the “Painted Ladies” (7...

Wednesday, October 4th, 2023, day 4 This morning we left quite early, took the bus to Outer Richmond to visit a friend who had invited us for coffee. From there we walked to the...

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023, day 3 Tonight the jet lag had already subsided, at least we slept until 4:00 a.m. We started around 9:30 a.m. and walked through Chinatown, from...

Monday, October 2, 2023, Day 2 Due to the jet lag, we were awake at 2:30 a.m. and drank coffee in bed for a long time and watched Netflix series on our tablet. After it got...

Day 1, October 1st, 2023, departure from Cologne, first with line 1 (KVB) to Deutz train station, until then so far so good. Then the adventure started faster than we would have...

It is well known that saying goodbye is often difficult. It was the same when we returned our camper. 4 days in San Francisco and 4 weeks of camping are over and after cleaning...

Our first stop on the way to San Francisco was a detour inland to the Enterprise rental car lot in Ukiah, where we wanted to trade in our old car (a Nissan Versa, by the way,...

Today we were even four of us on the way at 8:00. We're becoming early risers. But that was not without reason. Due to the time difference, we had also lost our sense of time...

Once again, the children and I were up early. Today, we headed towards the Golden Gate Bridge at the beach. The Golden Gate Bridge is quite impressive at sunrise. Finally, we...

We weren't sure if the handling for intercontinental flights would take a little longer, so we woke up at 3:40. Julius even started babbling shortly after 3:00. The three of us...

After breakfast, we headed straight to California Street to the cable car stop. Taking a ride on the cable car is a must in SF. Due to track cleaning, our cable car was quite...