i have made a tradition of taking each child on a trip just by themselves. it started with L going to nyc, then big S going to boston, then little S got a trip to the LA american girl store…
and this time it was D's turn. and we chose san francisco.
she (and i) documented the trip and wrote a story about it.
so here is the trip from her perspective and in her 9 year old words…
SAN FRANCISCO
My mom and I went to San Francisco in October 2014. All of my siblings have taken a trip just with my mom as a special tradition. We flew out late at night and arrived in Oakland to visit our friend Liz. She has 2 kids, Dominik 3, and Maksim who is almost three weeks old. I love little kids so I played with them all day. I also held the baby. I played the piano, it was special because it is a Steinway baby grand piano. Then we went to the pumpkin patch. It was unique because there was a corn pit. Also there was a giant hay stack that had a tall tunnel in it. I couldn’t believe how many different kinds of pumpkins I saw!
The next day we drove into the city and went to Fisherman’s Wharf and we saw and smelled Crabs then I had to go on a boat to use the restroom. The boat’s name is S.S. Jeremiah O’ Brian boat. They had the real boat to remind us of all the soldiers that died.
Next we went to Pier 39. We saw some seals. We went to a candy store that had salt water taffy. YUM!! Then we walked to a merry go round. It went way too slow. We stopped at a magic show. The magician kept calling me “child.” It was still fun. We went to our hotel. It was fancy but a little old. It was cool. We had our own beds. Then we headed out for some night activities.
We bought tickets for the cable cars, they are also called trolleys. They ride on cables up and down the hills. There are no windows just poles, you can hang on them its real fun! We got off the cable car on Lombard Street, which is known as the most crooked street ever. We walked 3 steep blocks in order to get there. From there we walked to Fisherman’s Wharf again to get some fresh sea food. I got fish and chips and my mom got clam chowder in a bread bowl.We walked to Ghiradelli square and watched them make chocolate. I got a mango soda since I can not have dairy, my mom got a mint chocolate hot fudge sundae. We got back on the trolly car and I kind of wanted to go to China Town, but we were too late. It was night all the stores were closed and it was very desolate. We got a cab right away and we went straight to bed!
We woke up and had a delicious breakfast at Dottie’s, I had a cinnamon roll and pancakes. My mom had the same - actually we shared. Then we went to Golden Gate Park. It was funny because we did not bring the right amount of money so the bus guy let us go for free. We went to the Japanese tea garden, it smelled good. There was a bridge it was called a drum bridge it was very round. There were lots of fish and stepping stones and a cool statue of buddha. Then we walked with squirrels to a dahlia garden, there were hundred of different kinds of them. Then we got a cab to Crissy Field.
Crissy Field is right by the golden gate bridge we were so close. We walked down to a pier and saw some fisherman catching crabs and we saw a giant sea lion. We learned that The Golden Gate Bridge is red to stand out from fog. We got cold water and a donut to prepare for a long walk to the palace of fine arts. We saw lots of dogs on the way and a great view of Alcatraz. We finally arrived at the palace, it was beautiful. It had lots of columns and pretty birds. We thought we saw swans but they might have been geese. We waited forever to get a cab, then went straight to the hotel because it was time to go home. We rode a train that went under the ocean and got to the bus that took us to the airport. I was so glad to go to San Francisco with my mom but I was ready see my brothers and sisters, mostly my baby brother.
The end!!!!!!!
5 comments:
Good job writing D!!
Lucky Dahlia!! This made me miss SanFrancisco so much! I left my heart there one time. ;(
my mom had a mint chocolate hot fudge Sunday.....yum
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oh sweet D! What a great trip to share with your mom. Your girls brought tears (happy tears) to my eyes.
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