Adam Turtle, Freelance Web Design in Belfast, Northern Ireland
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July 25 th
San Francisco Giants
On Monday I had the day off so I was supposed to go to Lake Tahoe. I got up at 5.30 and was ready to go when I get a phone call from the girl I was going with telling me she wasn’t able to go anymore. Really disappointed. I went back to bed and got a few more hours sleep and eventually decided to head to Berkeley on the Easy Bay. So I hopped on the BART and explored Berkeley.
Berkeley is probably most famous for it’s university, UC Berkeley. In the 1960’s it was the centre of student dissent and protest and part of the hippie movement…
July 21 st
A little tired…
Work has been absolutely crazy these last few days. It seems that everyone suddenly wants to go to either Yosemite or Napa Valley. It’s been a very tiring week.
On the other hand, I met a couple of very pretty Danish girls. One actually looked rather like Angelina Jolie, which was awesome. We got chatting and had a really good conversation. The first girl was called Vallad (think that’s how it’s spelled) and the other was Signe (pronounced like Xena, the warrior princess). Unfortunately, Signe (the Angie lookalike) was seeing a guy back home which was rather annoying…
July 20 th
Gyms (and earthquakes)
Something odd happened to me yesterday. Perhaps my transition into properly being a legal adult (mentally I’m still in transition) is beginning to affect my behavior but for reasons I can’t possibly remember, I went to the gym.
I was given a free pass to Crunch gym on Van Ness. I thought that being free I had nothing to lose. When I got there I discovered it was on the top floor of the AMC building. If you’ve seen the film Dodgeball, you’ll have seen the stereotype of the American gym. Believe it or not, this ’stereotype’ is almost 100% accurate…
July 15 th
City Church
So the last two weeks I’ve been going out to City Church here in San Francisco. Despite being in a minority demographic (student) in terms of church folk, it’s a decent church. I’ve really enjoyed the teaching and there’s no two ways about it – God has been speaking to me through the church. These last two weeks the pastor has been talking about spiritual guidance, asking God for direction when you don’t know what to do. Something I’ve found myself doing quite a bit since I got here…
July 12 th
Bad Week
I’m going through quite a bad week at the moment. Nothing really major has happened to make it a bad week, I’m just feeling really homesick. I’ve been here just over a month now, and so far it’s been quite fun – but not amazing. I’ve found it really difficult to make friends and I’m feeling lonely alot of the time. What’s worse is that another apartment fell through mostly because of my own hesitation, and I’m just getting fed up being stuck at this hostel…
July 8 th
Wow, has it really been a week?
I can’t believe I’ve neglected this thing for a week! Prepare yourself for a long post…
This weeks highlights included:
Yosemite National Park
July 4th Celebrations
Ratatouille
City Church
Yosemite National Park
So firstly, Yosemite. Working for a tour company, I get to go on our tours for free. So I was given last Sunday off to go to there. Early start – it’s almost 4 hours drive from San Fran. The tour guide was Alan, he’s a cool guy who knows a lot about everything. The group was a mixed bag – a family of three from St…
June 30 th
iPhone mania
Apple’s revolutionary new iPhone was officially launched today, and SF went absolutely crazy for it. People camped out overnight just to be in line to get one. Check out the queue:
They look pretty cool but I really can’t understand all the hype. People were queued all round the block, there must have been about 300 people in line. Bear in mind too that I took this photo at 6.30 in the evening! Starbucks cashed in on the punters, taking coffee orders for those in line – cheeky…
