June 10-16
Cruise that brought us to Alcatraz Island
Infamous island that housed some notorious people
Inside The Rock.
Long way to swim if one decides to escape.
Inside a typical cell.
Utterly depressing.
Some of the (in)famous inmates.
To look out of your window and see the city of San Francisco.. How painful.
A former inmate at a book-signing session at the souvenir store.
The seven of us on Alcatraz Island with SF in the background.
Later that evening, I met up with Alex (we hung out a bit in Ithaca) for a drink. Holly was in town too, so we decided to meet for dinner and we settled at an Indian restaurant. It was nice seeing them again, after another round of drinks after dinner, we decided that we’d meet again that week before I left for Las Vegas.
The Apple conference!
Cold Stone, one of the best ice-cream ever!
They mish-mash the ice-cream with the toppings on a cold stone, hence the name.
Union Square, SF’s shopping district.
Union Square.
Macys!
The girls enjoying some Thai cuisine.
Subsequently, all of them left for Hollywood, Los Angeles, and I was to make my way to Las Vegas with Janus, Kangli, Yan Zhao and Kevin. We had an extra day in San Fran and I decided to go meet up with Alex and Holly. We arranged to go on a wine tour of Napa Valley and the Sonoma region after finding a reasonably-priced one. It would pick us up from our various locations and bring us to three vineyards for wine tasting.
Alex, Holly and me with some wax statue.
