(October 24-25)
It's true what they say when you set foot in the big SFO! You'll leave your heart there, I experienced it and it was hard for me leaving the city even if I was there only for 2 days.

If there's one city that I would like to relocate in Cali, it would be this city or the American Canyon or better yet if we can afford, Napa Valley, why not? =P. Though, it's a different story now that I'm loving Virginia lol.

I wanted to visit a dear friend, Mickee who lives in the American Canyon that's why I bugged my brother to bring me there and besides I might as well maximize my time in the West Coast. To my delight, my kuya obliged willingly even if it was a gruelling 5-6 hours drive from Bakersfield for him.

We left the house early with a fully-packed itinerary as we were already advised by Mickee how to maximize our time. As soon as we reached the Bay bridge, I know I'm gonna like this city even if I saw the 1st homeless American there!

1st destination was the 4th Mason were we did our photo ops of the Alcatraz and of course the famous Golden Gate Bridge. Ethan had so much fun walking in the beach side, he must have missed the sunlight. Then off we went to the Palace of Fine Arts where I labeled my little European scenery, ang ganda grabe! After some more photo sessions, we dozed off to the Planetarium and as expected my little scientist, Ethan enjoyed this mini-tour over the Disneyland. He was amazed, engrossed, busied with the plenty of unbelievable stuff in there. The entrance fees were worth it. After some more sightseeing near the Planetarium, we went straight to the Lombard's Crooked street, parking was tough and getting out of the car was tougher as we were almost parked in a 60 degrees position, astig talaga ang mga streets of SFO!

We haven't had a decent meal yet so we went to Fisherman's Wharf to grab some good Italian gourmet seafood meal and what best way to end our day? An authentic cable car ride going to Nordstrom for some shopping spree!

I've noticed that from among the places I've visited, I have the most number of photos in SFO and Napa Valley eventhough we were only here for 2 days. Hmmm, seems like I not only enjoyed this mini vacation but also enjoyed taking photos.