El viaje se acaba...

Quinto dia: 16 de marzo de 2007 - UNIVERSIDAD DE CALIFORNIA, BERKLEY - DOWNTOWN

El utltimo dia nos los tomamos con mas la calma.
Por la manyana la Elena y yo fuimos a dar una vuelta por la Universidad de California, Berkley. Es una universidad con mucho prestigio y con un campus enorme!!! El campus es como una mini ciudad donde no falta de nada. Incluso pudimos hacer algunas compras mas... ;-)

ENGLISH:

The last day was more relaxed. In the morning Elena and I took the Muni and went to Berkley to visit the University of California, Berkley. The campus is huge!! It is like a small city with a lot of restaurants and shops. We could buy some stuff more... ;-)

A la hora de comer fuimos todos juntos a un restaurante Turco, recomendado por Kadir. Y la verdad es que la comida fue muy buena. Despues estuvimos dando vueltas por el centro y nos hicimos una ultima foto de grupo... sniff, sniff (falta Shane que deserto y se volvio con Alex)

ENGLISH: We had lunch in a Turkish restaurant recomended by Kadir. The food was delicious!! After that, we just hung out downtown and finally we took the last picture of all the group :-( (Shane is not in the picture because he came back with Alex)

MISCELANEA

Estos son lugares por lo que estuvimos rondando todos los dias y que creo que merecen ser mencionados.

ENGLISH: Places where we spent some time almost all the days that we were in San Francisco.

UNION SQUARE, en pleno centro de San Francisco, fue nuestro puento de encuentro con el resto de companyeros de viaje, ya que estabamos en hostales diferentes. Vendria a ser como la Plaza Catalunya, con cesped en el que la gente se sentaba a tomar el sol.

Los corazones estaban cada uno en una esquina. Nos gustaron y nos hicimos fotos con ellos. Forman parte de un proyecto llamado "Corazones en San Francisco" cuyos beneficios van a parar al Hospital General de San Francisco. Se supone que tiene que haber mas corazones por la ciudad, aunque nosotras no los vivos.

ENGLISH:

In San Francisco downtown, Union Square was the meeting point with our trip mates during those days due to we were in different hostels. It made me remember Catalunya Square in Barcelona because it had the same atmosphere.

The hearts were one in every corner of the square. They belong to a project called "Hearts in San Francisco" which profits go to The San Francisco General Hospital. There are supposed to be more hearts in others places of the city, but we didn't see any more.

CHINA TOWN

Que os voy a contar... Parecido a la calle Trafalgar de Barcelona pero a lo bestia y mas "profesional". No paro de comparar esta ciudad con Barcelona... sera que la hecho de menos??

El mejor camino para ir desde Green Tortoise a Union Square era a traves de China Town.

ENGLISH:

This neighborhood also made me remember Barcelona, this time Trafalgar Street. Although in Barcelona the buildings don't have Chinese architecture. I think i miss my city because i can't stop remembering it!!

We commuted every day from Green Tortoise to Union Square taking a walk through China Town. It was the easiest way!

EDIFICIOS DE FINANCIAL DISTRICT

Financial District es el barrio mas aburrido ya que basicamente hay edificios de oficinas. El edificio a destacar seria el Transamerica Pyramid, que es el rascacielos mas alto de San Francisco.

El edificio de color verde que hace esquina aparece en muchas postales de la ciudad, pero no he conseguido encontrar su historia.

ENGLISH:

For me, Financial District is the least interesting neighborhood because there are just offices' buildings. The most special building is the Transamerica Pyramid which is the tallest skyscraper of San Francisco.

The green building in the corner is also very common in the postcards of the city but i haven't been able to find information about it.