The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco California has to be one of the most photographed landmarks in the world.  It doesn’t matter where you go it won’t take you long to find a picture of it somewhere.  Its vastness means it’s hard to get a really bad shot if it.  However, if you want […]

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The Castro district of San Francisco is often seen as a haven for members of the LGBTQ+ community so it’s not surprising that it’s a popular place to visit for people from around the world looking to discover what makes this district so unique.  The history of this small area of San Francisco runs deep […]

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If there’s one place that attracts true crime lovers in larger numbers then anywhere else in the world it has to be the famous (and infamous) prison of Alcatraz.  No visit to San Francisco is complete without visiting Alcatraz on a trip to this fascinating Island. On my recent trip to California, I knew I […]

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As I have alluded to a fair bit in the last couple of months I recently turned 30 and ran away to California! After spending a couple of days in Disneyland and travelling up the coast we visited a city I’ve been desperate to visit for some time, San Francisco!  While I will be telling […]

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In 2017 I did so much travel I almost burnt myself out (that feeling didn’t last for long of course).  When doing my travel round-up I had to split it into two (rather long) posts to fit it all in.  It was the year I fell in love with the city break!  This year things […]

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