Memories from San Francisco

It's been two months! Holy Moly...where did the time go?
Well, since last time I wrote on this blog, there has mainly been work, work and more work as I have moved to another department and have been in training and working late hours the last couple of months.
However, there have been some fun as well....

On Friday the 13th!!! (September) I went to San Francisco to watch the last races of the America's Cup. The trip has been planned for a year and I was really looking forward to it. As some of you know, my darling hubby is working forOracle Team USA and have done so for a few years so to go and watch the races was a BIG thing for us.

When I left NZ our team was losing big time. Emirates Team NZ had one more race to win and they would have won the Auld Mug (see bottom picture) to take back to NZ. So you can imagine living in NZ and supporting an American Team can be quite a difficult thing to do when you are working among hard core Team Emirates NZ supporters....

A travel bug is popping by

The last few months I have been shouting from the rooftop that I was tired of travelling and packing suitcases to everyone that could be bothered to listen to it. And it is correct. I have been tired of travelling. We are not normally just going on a holiday when we are travelling, we are actually going to live there.
It is a big difference from a weeks holiday to going through the paperwork, packing and to find a new place to live - and then get used to living there which can be both a positive and negative experience. Usually it is a mix of both. On the other hand, it is our choice to do it and we do get a thrill out of it.
We always meet lovely people wherever we go and we have friends all over the world which is really nice when you go back to catch up again. All the photos I have taken during the years will be a lovely memory board one day. I have plans of making one.

Anyway, the other day I felt a little pang of a travel bug saying hello. I was a bit surprised. Not that I have any wishes to go anywhere now (apart from small weekend trips), but it was just a lovely feeling to know that the travel bug hasn't gone totally. So I started looking through old photos, had a laugh, thought about the good memories (the bad ones disappear over time) and thought - maybe one day we are off again?
Not now though or anytime soon. I am really loving it settling down here in our new house.

The first photos I went back to was from our trip to San Francisco in 2008. My better half was working up the coast and towards the end of his project I got to visit and we had a lovely trip getting to know the city.

It is a great place. The city is super busy, but the places outside like Sausalito, the wharf, and all the different nationalities and food selection, the vineyard trip and the boat trip with a friend of my husband calms you down after all the hustle and bustle of inner city life. It was all lovely. So I thought I share some photos of San Fran with you all.

Cheers to the travel bug!

Morning view from our friend's boat with a coffee in my hand. Priceless.