San Francisco

So, I thought that I would tell a little about our recent trip to San Fran! We left our puppy with our great friends the Lowes....she did amazing with 3 beagles!

We left late Sat morning and arrived in San Fran around 2....we headed to find out shuttle service...which was very interesting! We got into the van and sat there waiting for another 10 minutes...the driver drove us around the airport a few more times picking up other passengers.....now when I think of a shuttle service I did not anticipate a crazy almost cab like driver...there was a moment the van was driving TOOOO fast on the highway and I felt like we were going to die!

We arrived at our hotel around 330 and dropped our stuff in our room...headed to buy our metro passes which allowed us to ride the cable cars and buses.....we immediately took off for the cable car.....one of the stations was right around the corner from our hotel..VERY convienent! We headed down to Fisherman's Wharf adnd grabbed a yummy seafood linner at a restaurant...we could see views of Ghiradelli square....after linner we headed on a more scenic walk...taking in all the souvenir shops as well as the beautiful views....we saw some pretty interesting stuff...such as the real life humans pretending to be robots like in the movie Eurotrip...check our our slideshow for a pic of one of them.....we ended up in Ghiradelli square....taking in all the yummmmy chocolate and of course enjoying a hot fudge sundae...when Andrew when researching San Fran that is one of the things we were told to try! WELL WORTH IT! :) We continued to walk getting a glimpse of the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz...along with some interesting people in the park! We headed back to the hotel after A LOT of walking to get some rest for our fun filled trip the next day...

Sunday we headed out on a tour to see Muir Woods and Wine Country...WHAT COULD BE BETTER?! Our tour guide...Roman was HILARIOUS! Our tour only had around 20 people, so it was nice and relaxing...not overcrowed and very interesting...As we headed out of town Roman pointed out many different things about the city that Andrew nand I were not aware of....on our way to Muir Woods we passed over the Golden Gate...and through Sausilito...cute little city...Roman described the history of Muir Woods and how treehugging should take place....we had around an hour in the woods....just enough time because boy was it chilly!!! After "tree hugging" we headed to Sonoma Valley....we were going to experience 3 different wineries, YIKES! Roman promised we would be drunk before noon! First stop was the Cline Winery...it was beautiful! It was a bigger place, so it felt as though we were n a time crunch!!! We tasted numerous wines...Andrew and I really enjoyed one so we bought it! After that we were split into two groups for the next two wineries..we headed off to Homewood a very small place run by one guy who only makes about 3000 cases a year...his motto the redder the better....not exactly my motto but I gave it a try...an older man was our wine narrator..it was awesome because he actually taught us how to taste and experience wine.....we are now wine coinsures..He had a few very delicious wines! After that we headed to lunch in Sonoma...a very cute quaint little town.....we got to see an old Spanish Missionary which was amazing....after lunch we headed to the last wine tasting at Jacuzzi....a more Italian winery...NOT MY FAVORITE! They were very busy and the wine was not my favorite of the day! Although, we also got to taste a variety of different olive oil flavors which was fun...but we were so full!!! After that Roman took us to another winery for us to experience one final view of Sonoma and take some pictures before we headed back to SAn Fran!!!

I am getting sleepy...soooo I am off to bed more to come later!

YIKES! It has been a LONG TIME

Now I know it has been far toooooo long that a posting has been up, but let's be honest...being teachers we DO not have a lot of time to sit down and keep this up to date! I ( Melanie) have had the best of intentions to continue the blog...

Ok so let's do a 6 month catch up....

August....we celebrated Andrew's birthday and got ready for another school year......we spent a lot of time getting our classrooms ready with momma Julie who came all the way out here to help us! That was a great time!

September....School got into full swing and our time got eaten up! Andrew and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary which was amazing! :)

October....School began to slowly take over our lives!

November...Our first Thanksgiving!!!!! We cooked our own turkey, stuffing, mac and cheese! We did it all! Boy was it AMAZING!!!!!

December......WE GOT WINTER BREAK!!! :) We both went home for xmas.....alone again! Spent some wonderful quality time with family....I got to meet the Cadry family and we put Gidget in boarding! WHOA!

January.....BEST MONTH OF MY LIFE! January 4th...Andrew proposed! I have been busy secretly planning my wedding...although we have no date or idea when we will be getting married...you know me...I have my book of ideas ! hahaha We also began to look into jobs back home in MN which has kept up very busy...as well as getting things packed up for the summer!

February.....we spent some quality time together and of course worked

March..... MIKEY turned 50! So I (Melanie) flew home for the weekend to spend time with daddio...tax season...WHICH WE ALL LOVE! We discovered Geisha House as well as planned a trip to San Francisco....Job hunting and packing took full force and it has kept us busy trying to organize and keeps things in order

April...... Since the month just started....we have basically been keeping our eyes open for jobs....figuring our our plans for the summer.....ENJOYING OUR SPRING BREAK IN SAN FRANCISCO and preparing for the rest of the school year!

Well that is our lives in a nut shell over the last months.....I will post on San Francisco........ AMAZING place...


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