San Francisco

The second day we rented a car and drove down south to Cupertino - one infinite loop (Apple headquarters). There are no visitors allowed in the buildings but there is a one-of-a-kind apple store selling exclusively apple merchandising (yes I got the hat, the t-shirt, the key ring, and everything with the apple logo). Now along with the apple bag, laptop and the special edition apple socks, I can dress and go to work with EVERYTHING Apple. How geeky, sad, marketing trapped, expensive and hollow is that... but how cool at the same time!!!

In the afternoon we drove north Muir Woods Park, a forest with humongous trees that lived there for centuries. Of course we crossed the bridge which was nice but the millions of photos and movies scenes you have seen are taken from a helicopters as there is nowhere in the land to get a nice view of the whole bridge in a nice angle.

Finally we did a tour to the Alcatraz island prison. We got an audio headset where the voices of former prison guards and prisoners guided us through the Alcatraz everyday life, escape attempts and riots. That was probably the best tour we had compared to any other attraction in this trip.

Out time here is up, tomorrow morning we are flying to LA for good weather, good wine and movie studio tours...