Travelogues San Francisco

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...

A jetlag has something good about it too. He drove me and the kids to Pier39 shortly after 6 am so we could finally visit the sea lions. Julius is a big fan of seals, sea lions...

San Francisco 2/2

After 4 amazingly restful hours of sleep, the alarm clock rang at 4:15 am. Today, I'm finally going to America. Two days ago, my 'travel organizer' even sent me an email...

A wonderful place on Earth. Just wow. After our disaster yesterday, they even upgraded us to a new hotel. They gave us a better room on a higher floor. Great rooms. ...

Hello my dear ones, now I finally want to introduce you to the beautiful city of San Francisco. But first, a few details about our drive there. It was the longest distance we...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Preparation and Travel to San Francisco

Hello everyone, I want to write a kind of "online diary" where people can read about where I am currently and how I'm finding my stay in the respective country 😊. But please...

From Cali, we drove to Buenaventura to see whales, as they are found off the coast of Colombia during this time of year in August. The bus ride took about 4 hours. Buenaventura...

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...

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...

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...

Alcatraz

Golden Gate Bridge, Painted Ladies, Full House

first day in San Francisco

Alcatraz tour

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...

Hello friends! Mareike and I slept in again today and had our Kellogg's breakfast in bed. Then we stayed in bed for a while and fell asleep for about an hour again.😅🤦🏼‍♀️ But...

Now I've been here for a month and it feels like 3 days. On Tuesday, I set out on my own again. I drove to Coit Tower before school in the morning. The way there was beautiful,...

It's been a while since I wrote something. So here are a few stories. The City Aside from the smell of a public toilet, the city is not bad. There are a lot of cafes and...

A few impressions of what we experienced in the second part of our Western USA trip.

The second impression of the city was much better. We were able to explore the beautiful sides of the city in glorious sunshine and stroll through the steep streets with the...

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,...

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...

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...