A picture of a thosand words

 

Hi all, hope you had a great weekend. Some of my fondest memories is from living in California and meeting some amazing people.

 

These pictures hold so many memories of a night well spend. Driving over the Golden Gate Bridge in a limo, having a great dinner in San Francisco and spending it with good company. It was like a farewell before we returning to our home countries, namely South Africa, Germany, Sweden and Brazil. 

 

This picture was taken in the Golden Gate Park with The Palace of the Fine Arts behind us. FYI, my dress only cost $6. Have a great week.

xxx



BON VOYAGE!!!

Today is my last day in California in a few hours I will be boarding a flight to New York and then finally South Africa, I only arrive in South Africa on Friday. So it will be a long trip...

 These are pictures are from my good bye dinner on Sunday. THANK YOU to everybody who made my experience in the USA unforgettable, lots of great trips together and so many fond memories. I have so many reasons to travel soon and visit all the amazing friends I made . See you guys back in South Africa.

Bye Bye Sandra

As I mention before Saturday night Sandra invited a few of us to her farewell dinner, she will be going back to Sweden in a few days. We had a nice dinner outside, the food was delicious and and the company even better. It's sad to have to say good bye to these amazing people that was apart of my life for the year, but now I have reason to travel more and visit them.

The scarf I'm wearing was a lovely gift from Sandra, which I love. It was so cold outside that it came in pretty handy.

Farewell Lovely Ladies

Last night I had the pleasure of spending a night out with the girls limo style. We rented a limo and spend it driving around San Francisco and going out for dinner. Our first stop was in North Beach at an Italian restaurant, Bocce Cafe. It was fun hanging out with the girls because the night was also our  farewell before we all return home soon, well except for Tais.

We stopped at the Palace of the Fine Arts, Lombard Street, Pier 39 and the Golden Gate Bridge, unfortunately it was really cold and foggy, what you would expect in San Francisco. On the way back we went tho Berkeley to check out all the frat parties, but we weren't  "cool" enough to get in even rocking up in a limo. It was a great night where we ended it by going to Lake Merritt for some pictures.

The dress I'm wearing is from New York and Company, I got it at such a bargain for $6

Outside the Bocce Cafe

  At Pier 39

The Palace of the Fine Arts

Dress: New York and Company|Shoes: Random store| Accessories:F21|Bag: Guess

Passing Time

Hope you all had a great weekend, mine was spend mostly sightseeinging San Francisco seeing that I hardly have time left. Time just seems to pass by so fast and I can't believe I only has six more weekends left in the USA before I return to South Africa. Here are some of the picture from the weekend.

Haight & Ashbury|Golden Gate Bridge|Pier 39|Ferry Building

Freshly Ground in San Francisco

Last night South African band Freshly Ground performed in San Francisco. It was a full house with mostly South Africans in the audience, I think because everybody was singing along to the music.

 The band was great, they had the audience to their feet dancing to their beats. I had a great time listening and dancing to the music and being surrounded by fellow South Africans too. 

By the end of the night they ended of with the world cup song which was a perfect end to a great night.

Happy 4th of July!!!

Happy 4th of July!!! I managed to go a to parade yesterday and watch how Americans celebrate their Independence day. It was fun to see how people get involve and just come together and celebrate. Which was no surprise to me at all because one thing I've learned since living in the USA, holidays are taken seriously!!! And of course a reason to party!!!  

Swedish Midsummer

This has been a busy weekend, it started with watching South African jazz legend Hugh Masekela perform in Oakland on Thursday and Friday. Then there was San Francisco Pride Parade and watching One Republic perform in the Golden Gate park today, but the one thing I do want  to get to, is the Swedish Midsummer celebration on Saturday.

 I had the pleasure of celebration the Swedish Midsummer festival with some of the girls, it was so much fun. We ate Swedish food, played some games and a I learned a few things about Swedish culture that I didn't know before. 

The Swedish had some yummy snacks we then went to Lake Temescel to play some games. girls Sandra, Anna and Kasja did an amazing job of everything the, food, decor and games. After we  It was like having a piece of Sweden here in the USA.