After an epically long plane ride where all 3 of us got fuck all sleep and Al and Sam learnt that plane rides are made all the more fun when you are drinking Bloody Marys... (I did not like them) we arrived in the Foggy city of San Fransisco. Don't forget to wear a flower in your hair.
It wasn't the greatest of starts. We got off the plane all full f hope and wonderment of this mystical land and it was my job to figure out how to get to the hostel from the airport. Now being the super organized person I am I had looked into it a couple of weeks before and found out we could catch the "Bay Area Rapid Transit" (BART) train from the Airport directly to the Powell St station. As the train went along we suddenly got the delightful smell of burning... Now being Non Americans we assumed this was normal and that was just how Trains smelt over here... Apparently not as we were asked to disembark at the next stop because THE BRAKES WERE ON FIRE!! True story... We waited for 5 mins for the next train (no burning smell this time) and rode it to the station without incident.
Upon arrival at our new home at Globetrotters Inn I, with my Internet booking in my hand, went to check in. Whats that? Despite my Internet booking and the fact I have paid a $30 deposit you don't have a reservation for us? and you are full and cant fit us in? AWESOME! Luckily for us there was a hostel around the corner with some space so we didn't have to sleep in a cardboard box on the street.
Just coming off a 20 hour flight and not having slept for nearly 30 hours culminated in us all being super jet lagged. We walked around for a bit but deep down we knew that our excitement wouldn't keep us going forever and eventually culminated in a 4 hour nap.
Our first night in San Fran and we decided to hit a bar. Ironically we decided to hit an Irish bar that was full of Aussies as the Grand Final replay was going on.... I tell you what I can see why Americans are fat. The food is cheap and massive portions! Are you generally get a side of fries with it, and when I say a side a fries generally it is a whole plateful! Its crazy!
Plus Beers over here are super cheap. We were in a super packed bar drinking with a whole bunch of people and were buying Pitchers (jugs) for $15US! No wonder I felt like absolute arse the next morning...
And on possibly the most exciting note ever as you do when stumbling home drunk we passed our first American Maccas and of course nothing says drunk in America like Nuggets.
20 nuggets for... $5.99! And Dr Pepper on tap!
Dear God I may have died and gone to Heaven!!
2 comments:
I know can you believe the plate sizes over there!!! OMG freaking huge!!
Crap they lost your booking.. did you get your money back?
Nope. And they didnt lose my booking... They never got it.. They are affiliated with that site what so ever plus all the prices on the web site were wrong!
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