Ok I have to say this was by far the most packed day yet! So we woke up early to get a good start on the day. From Santa Rosa we drove 1.5 hours to Fairfeild, through massive rolling hills dotted with cows and sheep and clear blue skies.
We first ate at the home of the chicken sandwhich, Chick-fil-A. Aaron and I have never been here, so we were wondering what was so amazing about it and why my sister was being crazy! Well we had our tat and were hooked. W can't wait to go back again.
I had the chicken nuggets and Aaron had a chicken sandwhich, both had waffle fries. Ok you have to know that this plce invented the chicken sandwhich, waffelfries with skins on, and in mall dining. I had no idea! Anyways we tried all their sauces and my personal favorite was buffalo dipped in buttermilk ranch. We all were silent as we licked our fingers and plates clean. Then we ate some perfectly made soft serve vanilla ice cream. It was a great start to the day :-) at 1pm...
We then headed over to the budweiser brewery, where we had as much beer as we could drink...which was barely half a glass since we just ate a big lunch. They have everything thing here. I had know idea that Anhiuser-Busch made these beers:
Stella Artois
Shock Top - lemon, raspberry, and apple
Budweiser- light, platium, black label
Busch
Natural Ice-black
Rolling Rock
Crazy right? We did the tour, it was okay. Not much to see. The bottling distriubtion was closed, and they only do kegs and cans here. But the distilling barrells were so big! They were 4 stacked tall and 20 deep, each barrell was 75ft long and 10 ft tall. It was pretty incredible, and cold.
Well less than a mile away was the Jelly Belly Factory. We didn't do the tour, but we did take more than enough samples through the sample bar (did you know that Jelly Belly also has a chocolate line?) Oh and that you can have weddings there too? Yeah, someone was getting married at the Jelly Belly Factory....ackward.
We still had some time before the sun went down and none of us were ready to head back. And we were only an hour away from San Fransico....so thats where we headed next! Aaron was so excited he has some very fond memories of the place.
Oh we could of just stayed there for a week alone!
The moment we crossed th bridge we were all in awe! It was amazing. The tall building, the multi cultural segments of the city, the people, there was so much to take in. I was freaking out because my camera was getting low on battery, and I was the navigator to this awesome park.
Eventually we made our way to the park. So we were driving, looking at "full house" type houses, and unquie structures of buildings when all of the sudden...BAM! There it was a picturque 40ft tall columns out of anceint rome like it was out of the coluisem, any time the tigers would come out. We just stood in amazment at the work. The sun was setting, and we all just took a stroll around. It was super cold and windy Ellie even had to have a blanket around her to keep her warm. We were only out there for about 30 minutes...freezing.
Where to next? Fishermans Wharf! But first I hadto pick up a jacket. It was cold. Down to Pier 39 we went. Oh yeah, clam chowder with sourdough bread, great burgers and fresh calamari! It was a perfect end. We walked down the peirs, looking at the sea lions, the city in lights, the street entertainers, and the amazing fine art galleries. The ambience of it all was overwhelming to the point of exhaustion!
Monday, January 28, 2013
Going to San Fransico!
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