Stop 1: San Francisco

I'm back in Winter Park and I'm literally suffocating because it might be 40°C!!!

I'm also sad since my two week hiking trip is over.

But, let's come back to those last past 2 weeks!

Once upon a time, an adventurous French girl whose name was Ludmilla decided to visit the South West of America. After meeting her other trip mates-4 Danish guys and a Dutch one- in Los Angeles, her first visited city was San Francisco....

I really loved this hyppie city: I first saw the Golden Bridge, went to the hyppie neightbourhood-Haight-, sailed on a Catamaran to see the sunset. I finished the day with a fabumlous cheesecake at the Cheesecake Factory. The second day, I've been with the other guys to the Alcatraz Island or if you prefer "Al Capone Home" :) Ther are amazing stories about prisoners trying to escape: they had so much imagination!!! It reminded me the "Comte de Monte-Christo" novel by Alexandre Dumas. I also walked around all the morning long, going through Union Square, Chinatown, the Financial district, the Fisherman's wharf, the Hills, the Civic Center. The very funny part was to take the trolley which goes up and down all the time long.

I really loved San Francisco because they have so many beautiful Victorian houses -exactly like in Charmed and there was Mrs Doutfire's movie house as well- and because people are really cool and relax. I went to a bookstore- the city Lights Bookstore- which is a cool and artistic place where you can read poetry. That bookstore used to be the home of the Beat Poetry, a kind of free-speech poetry. I could have stayed there for ages!!!