San Francisco Day 1!

Hi girls!! So I am starting off with the holiday posts!! We did just so many amazing things, so I am going to be doing a post for each day! Any way here is our first day in San Francisco!!

We had to get a flight from Glasgow to Heathrow, which was at 7am, meaning that we had to be at the airport for 5am! So it was a very early start! I had actually only went to bed at 2am due to getting things all ready, so not much sleep was had and Robert's dad was dropping us off at the airport and they came for me at quarter to 5! I always hate leaving the cats, even for one night! So two weeks was going to be hard, so I said goodbye to them and to my mum and dad and off we went!! 

We weren't at Glasgow airport for long and our flight to Heathrow only took an hour, but we had to circle for a little bit to get onto the runway. Our flight to San Francisco was at 11.15am, so we had about 2 and a half hours till we would be away on the next plane. We were in the new British Airways Terminal 5, which has lots of fancy shops and places to eat! I knew I wanted to buy a certain something in Duty Free, so it was straight off to the sunglasses bit and I bought myself a pair of Ray Bans!! My first pair of proper sunglasses! I have always just had cheap ones that break so easy, so I'm taking good care of these and hopefully have them a long time! Afterwards, we went for something to eat and I chose a Starbucks! A caramel hot chocolate, pancakes and a piece of raspberry and coconut loaf, yum! And yes I was loading up for the 10 hour flight that was ahead of us! 

When we got on the plane (a huge Boeing 777) we realised that we were going to be right in the middle of the row (as the seats go 3 - 4 - 3 across), so we were squished right in the middle of the 4. It was ok at first and Robert and I have always liked flying so it was fine, but it just felt so so so long! We had previously been on another 10 hour flight the year before, going from New York to Hawaii and then felt like it went so quick! However we almost had a whole section of the plane to ourselves and this time the plane was completely full! The good thing was that everyone had their own touch screen tv that you could watch loads of movies and tv shows, which you just picked from a menu at any time you wanted! So I spent most of my time watching movies and so did Robert. About half way in my head started to get sore (which never happens to me) and my  throat got all sore too, at this point in the flight I just wanted to somehow get off!! Obviously I couldn't and I decided to try and get some sleep, as I had had very little! The flight felt like it went on forever!! I don't know why at all, but every time I looked at how much time we had left it was about half an hour later than I had last looked, but it felt like more than double that time! It was crazy! Robert totally agreed with me and it was also so hot in there too, most planes I go on are cold, and I use the blankets  to keep warm, but this one I didn't even have a cardigan on! However we were both sitting beside to guys from San Francisco, who gave us loads of tips of places to go and also where not to go. When we eventually got off the plane, I felt like my holiday was over and that I should be going home!! It felt that long!

Once we got our suitcases it was off to the B.A.R.T for us (or the subway). We got off at Powell, which is the main shopping street and was very close to our hotel! We firstly wanted to get there, drop of our bags and get freshened up from the plane! We were staying at the Hotel NIKKO, which was very, very nice and I think had the most comfiest bed ever! We then set off to get a feel for the city, by which time it was nearly 4pm (as California is 8 hours behind the UK)!

So we had a wander round the area near our hotel and we were right beside Union Square, which is lovely!

Do you like the Ray Bans?! Hehe

And I went to Levi's! Hehe, which was founded in San Francisco, so how could I not buy a pair?! Afterwards, it began to get dark and the city became a little freaky for us tired tourists! There were so many homeless people about, shouting and begging for money, which is not really a big thing as it seemed to be here. We just got a quick dinner and went off to our hotel for a good sleep! Day 1 for us was a lot of travelling and getting our first feel of the city!

On Day 2 we cycled over the Golden Gate Bridge and had a look round Fisherman's wharf and Pier 39! So keep your eyes peeled for that post, its going to be a good one!

I really hope you will enjoy hearing about our adventure!!

Love, Jen x