Summer trip to the West Coast-Seattle and San Francisco

We arrived in the afternoon in Seattle and got to our airbnb in the lovely neighborhood of Fremont. We stayed in the basement floor of a house, but the basement was very modern and had nice windows, so it got good light. We happened to stay during the summer solstice festival in Fremont, which has food, crafts, and music, just a walkable few blocks from our airbnb. The second day we went to Pike place to see the famous fish throwing, and ate in downtown for dinner, before going on the great wheel at sunset. On our 3rd day we decided to explore the neighborhood of Ballard, which has the locks, a manmade structure that allows boats to pass through Lake Union to the Puget Sound. Then we ate at Pestle Rock, and caught a movie at the theatre in Ballard. On the fourth day we started our morning with a lovely brunch at Morsel in the U-district, walked around the campus of the University of Washington, and ended our day at the airport, heading to San Francisco.

We woke up on our first day in San Francisco at the Fairmont in San Francisco. We had brunch at Yang Sing, an amazing Dim Sum place in San Francisco. We walked along the water to the Ferry building to shop and hangout near the water. On day two we went to the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz. We walked ourselves around Alcatraz, and took beautiful pictures at one end of the Golden Gate Bridge. We ended the day with dinner and drinks near Union Square. For day 3 we rented a car and ventured outside of the city to Santa Cruz. We sat on the beach and walked on the boardwalk. On day 4, we only had half of the day, so we walked around golden gate park and saw the Japanese Tea Garden, and the Botanical garden. In the evening we headed home!