We started out heading to San José on Thursday. The drive was pretty painless and actually took us a lot less than we thought (I may have sped a bit). For some road trip photos view my post here.
The first night we didn’t do much besides watch There’s Something About Mary on TV (twice) and eat subway. The next day however, was the highlight of the trip. My very dear friend and sorority sister Alex got married to a wonderful man Bobby. Even though I hadn’t seen either of them in a couple of years, I was around when they started dating. I even remember their first real fight; Alex and I went to Ihop at 10pm and stayed for a few hours just crying, talking, and eating steak and eggs. They got through that first fight the night day and I wish them many more happy years to come.
At this point we had already walked a little more than a mile. Next time, I am just going to drive down. Unless they put in a slide. We kept walking up and down more hills until we finally got to Pier 39.
This pearl is so beautiful. Blue pearls aren’t necessarily rare (7 in 100) but she said at these stands, you typically get white or cream. I felt proud even though I just picked one at random. After a healthy walk around Pier 39 and a good dose of shopping we continued down Fisherman’s Wharf and to Ripley’s Believe It or Not.
After that we decided to walk back to our hotel, which was two miles away. I swear at this point we had walked about four miles. I thought I took pictures but I guess I didn’t! The next day Evvy and I woke up and couldn’t move. It took us a couple of hours to even get out of bed. Apparently hefty girls cannot just walk 6 miles and get out of bed the next day. But eventually we did and we went to the Golden Gate Bridge!
After the Golden Gate Bridge, we went to China Town. I definitely shopped a lot. I must have stopped taking pictures at this point but I had a really awesome time and I hope that someday in the future I get to go back!