I just got back from my six day vacation in San Francisco, and got back to work for my two day work week. There is nothing better than having a good vacation followed by an amazingly short week.

Anyway, three of the other interns and I got there last Friday afternoon and drove up to Twin Peaks to see an amazing view of the city. The crazy thing about it is that the city is on a penisula that is only 47 square miles, and the city of SF only has 800,000 people (although the Bay area has about 6.5 million). We got the Go San Francisco Card (www.gosanfranciscocard.com) before hand, which allowed us to do almost everything in the city for $100 for five days. I went to almost every measeum in town, wine tasting in Napa Valley, a day long bike rental, a bay cruise, a city tour, entry to a wax measeum and a few dozen other things all included with the card. In addition, we went to "The Rock" (which doesn't seem quite so ominous with 500 tourists walking through it, posing for pictures). Also, we drove over the Golden Gate bridge to the the Muir Woods, which has some of the tallest trees in the world.

However, one of the high points of my trip was at the Hostel that we stayed at. In the same building as the Hostel is one of the more happening clubs in the Mission district. The two buildings are connected, and they normally card people at the door to get in, but anyone who is in the hostel has to have an automatic pass through to get to their room. So, taking advantage of the situation, we went down to the local liquor store, bought our alcohol, and went to the bar. So there... I have been to my first bar.

Even more amazing was earlier in the evening when one of the interns, who is following the World cup like a crazed dog, wanted to watch the game, we went to a bar. There was no one IDing at the door, so I pulled up a seat at the bar to watch the game. I was then offered a drink by the bartender. Granted, I don't know if she would have IDed me before giving me the drink, she sure seemed like she was ready to serve me. That is how loose SF is!

Finally, the Fireworks show that we stayed an extra day to see was amazing. There is nothing like a big city fireworks show over the bay. It is made just a little better by the little bit of Jack Daniels that I had in my system. After the fireworks show, I guess either the busses were not running or they were severly delayed, so after waiting 50 minutes for a bus, we decided to walk home. Now, if you have ever been in a big city, you know that there are bums atleast every five blocks no matter where you go, and with the alcohol imparing my judgement just a bit, I ended up talking to each and every one that we passed (and we passed some pretty shady guys). But hey, they were friendly!

Anyway, I bought a digital camera so I have tons of pictures to post from my trip, which I will post the next time I get on a computer. Until then, Happy 4th!