San Francisco

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The A380 by British Airways could use a hell of a jetstream from San Francisco to London and made the distance in just 9 hours… well, if we could have landed straight away. But heavy winds and a busy Heathrow airport forced the pilot to fly a few loops within turbulences. This and a bouncy landing resulted in three persons to throw up – just in our seating row.

The connection flight to Zurich arrived with a few minutes delay, nothing severe. With a big welcome from family and friends (THANKS!!!) we reached the end of our fantastic journey around the world. 🙂

If you’re going to San Francisco…
It was our second visit to San Francisco after 2011. As we had done a lot of sightseeing that time already, we didn’t have much pressure to complete any bucket list. We skipped Alcatraz, for example. That means more time for other things, e.g. to go to the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge. Tip: don’t stay at the busy Vista Point (where the hop-on, hop-off buses stop) but walk 15 minutes uphill to Battery Spencer for a much better view.

Of course we could still do the famous things like Fisherman’s Wharf, China Town, Telegraph Hill or the Cable Car Turnaround.

Pier 39 Seals
Fisherman’s Wharf
Alcatraz
Transamerica Pyramid
Teddy Car
Golden Gate Bridge
Piedmont Boutique
Cablecar Turnaround
Papparazzi Dogs
Cheesecake Factory
China Town
Coit Tower
Stinking Rose
Tram

Maui – San Francisco

Three weeks on four islands of Hawaii, it was great. Less rain, less closed roads but more lava and we might come again. 🙂

For the flight to San Francisco, Hawaiian Airlines operates a rather large Airbus A330 with modern entertainment systems and tons of movies – but you need to pay for them! $8 for one movie was overpriced, not just for us. The plane flew with around 260 screensavers running. Not cool!

Overpriced!
260 screensavers