Alcatraz
Friday morning we scheduled a ferry that departed San Fransisco for the island of Alcatraz. Friday was also our worst weather day. As we were standing in line to board the ferry it started raining. It never rained very hard, but it was an annoying misty-drizzly rain that lasted the entire day. When the ferry arrived at the island we had to stand outside for a quick introduction then we could walk around. The whole island has a creepy look to it. There were parts we couldn't walk around on because they were falling apart. The island was very weathered worn. Josh and I decided to walk all the way to the top to tour the cell block house.
Its located right in the center of downtown and packed with little shops and restaurants with Chinese lanterns strung across the street for decoration. Most of the shops had the same types of tourist-y things to buy as the rest of the city, but they did have lots of scarves, jewelry, and other pretty things. We walked around for awhile looking for a place to eat. We finally decided on a really nice Chinese restaurant on one of the side streets. We ate so much food for lunch that day! We tried some kind of sampler that had lots of different things to choose from. I even tried potstickers for the first time! It was probably J's favorite meal of the whole weekend.
Friday night we didn't go out into the city. I had a terrible stomach ache and ended up going to bed around 9:00! I blamed it on all the Chinese food because its not the type of food I usually eat but who knows! Josh was a great husband and didn't mind that we spent one of our few nights in San Fransisco in the hotel, watching Narnia, and sipping on Sprite! Haha! He's the BEST!
Saturday morning we got up and boarded another ferry. This time we headed to the other side of the San Fran bay to a little coastal town called Sausalito. It was a really sweet little town with fancy and expensive boutiques. We walked around visiting the different shops and wishing we had more money! One thing we noticed about this town, and San Fransisco actually, was everyone has little dogs that they take with them everywhere they go. We were constantly running into people with the sweetest, cutest dogs. It really made us miss our little pooches. While we were in Sausalito we ordered a pizza at an Italian cafe on the side of the street. We sat at a table outside the cafe and had a great view of the bay and the town. There wasn't much to do in Sausalito besides shop, so we didn't stay long, but definitely glad we went.
Inside the cell block we watched a movie that told the history of the island and then took an audio tour which guided us through the whole cell block. The audio tour was really neat because you could start or stop it at any time so everyone was walking around listening to it on their own. The audio tour was also told by former officers and prisoners that once live on Alcatraz. 
Chinatown
One of the things that Josh was looking forward to the most was having lunch in Chinatown. He loves ethnic foods, especially Asian types of food. After we got off the ferry from Alcatraz we took our tour bus to Chinatown. They had the most amazing entrance to this part of the city.
Chinatown
Its located right in the center of downtown and packed with little shops and restaurants with Chinese lanterns strung across the street for decoration. Most of the shops had the same types of tourist-y things to buy as the rest of the city, but they did have lots of scarves, jewelry, and other pretty things. We walked around for awhile looking for a place to eat. We finally decided on a really nice Chinese restaurant on one of the side streets. We ate so much food for lunch that day! We tried some kind of sampler that had lots of different things to choose from. I even tried potstickers for the first time! It was probably J's favorite meal of the whole weekend.
Friday night we didn't go out into the city. I had a terrible stomach ache and ended up going to bed around 9:00! I blamed it on all the Chinese food because its not the type of food I usually eat but who knows! Josh was a great husband and didn't mind that we spent one of our few nights in San Fransisco in the hotel, watching Narnia, and sipping on Sprite! Haha! He's the BEST!
Sausalito
Saturday morning we got up and boarded another ferry. This time we headed to the other side of the San Fran bay to a little coastal town called Sausalito. It was a really sweet little town with fancy and expensive boutiques. We walked around visiting the different shops and wishing we had more money! One thing we noticed about this town, and San Fransisco actually, was everyone has little dogs that they take with them everywhere they go. We were constantly running into people with the sweetest, cutest dogs. It really made us miss our little pooches. While we were in Sausalito we ordered a pizza at an Italian cafe on the side of the street. We sat at a table outside the cafe and had a great view of the bay and the town. There wasn't much to do in Sausalito besides shop, so we didn't stay long, but definitely glad we went.
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