Blog

Yosemite

The aim for today is to see some nature. We drive into the Yosemite Valley. The first 20 minutes is nice but not spectacular. But then we drive through a tunnel and come out to beautiful scenery. We see El Capitan close by and Half Dome's North face in the distance. We drive beneath tall cliffs and...…
in USA

Yosemite

We're going to ride horses and pretend we're cowpeople. It's ten minutes away from our hotel. We're kitted out with a helmet and a big handkerchief that we are supposed to tie around our nose and mouth. We look like a set of amateurish bank robbers. We are hoisted on our horses and get instructions...…
in USA

Yosemite

Today we leave San Francisco and go to Yosemite. We've breakfast at the hotel and are picked up by a taxi to take us to the airport where we collect our rental car. Joes has the honours to be the first driver. The main differences (except that they driver on the wrong side of the road in the USA) ar...…
in USA

San Francisco

On our third day in San Francisco it turns out we have picked up something on our flight. The previous days we felt a bit off, but kind of ascribed that to jet lag. Last night we all got a sore throat and Freya and Nicole developed a fever too. We...…
in USA