An amazing tourist attraction that we got to visit today was Pier 39 and the Fishermans Wharf. The view led straight to the prison on Alcatraz and we could almost hear the screams of the prisoners calling for help (not really, don’t worry parents). Then we tasted the world famous bread bowls from Boudins and feasted on clam chowder and other soups. We visited many of the shops and Hannah Cali had an oreo churro that she thought was great.
When we got set free from the grasps of our counselors and got to hit the city. We threw money at everything we saw and will be back with a looootttt of souvenirs. We saw the beautiful Ghirardelli Square and tried the best chocolate. While all the locals laughed at our matching outfits, we even got asked if we were UCLA students. We learned that we needed to figure out how to read maps, and were successful in finding our way to our group dinner.
We were overjoyed to get to share some real food as we gathered at a Far East Cafe, a restaurant in Chinatown. We made new friends as the counselors counted us off to sit at dinner and got to have our meal family style.The food food food . The way we ate had an interesting buffet style of food, we didn't know what we were eating before, and sometimes we didn't know what we were eating even after we were staring at it… it was very new to us… afterward we used our new map reading navigating skills to make our way back to the bus and luckily none of us needed to use the help line this time. Everyone was sad to be leaving but afterward we took a walk of friendship on the Golden Gate Bridge and held hands to cement our friendship for the rest of our lives. We were told a story about two friends solidifying their bond with holding hands for 23 steps, and we too did the same.
