On the second day, we checked out of our hotel room and headed towards Pier 33. (Prescott is the hotel we stayed at, right on the edge of Union Square.)
We bought tickets for a trip to Alcatraz! I’ve been to San Francisco countless times, but never on the island of Alcatraz, so this was pretty exciting. We boarded the ferry at 11:45 am, and stayed on the island for a few hours. My parents wanted me to listen to the audio tour, which was actually really interesting. It was really cold outside, and really windy, but I was wearing my new Superdry jacket and I love it!!
The view around the island was really beautiful, I was so amazed that the prison where the most infamous criminals stayed was so beautiful.
Me and my friend Sian left the island to meet up with her friends from USC. They all wanted to meet up in San Francisco and hang out over their winter break, and I was pretty excited to meet them!
We drove to Union Square and ended up doing more shopping! Haha, I think 90% of our trip was spent at downtown San Francisco.
The huge Christmas tree was up on the plaza, and we took some pictures there, and by the hearts as well. I really like how the pictures turned out (they were taken with Instagram on one of the guys phones.)
For dinner, we ate Italian food. There was really yummy pizza with brietta and pesto and arugula. We also ordered a kalamari pasta which was so good.
Sians friends were really nice and fun to hang out with 🙂
They drove us home to Palo Alto, and our parents returned an hour or so later.
It was a really fun, relaxing two day trip!
-A
