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[gucci_boi7782]

Oh goodness me! What wonderful photographs! I had no idea San Fran was on the water. Reminds me a lot of when we used to live off the beach here in FL.

Oh yes! It's the city by the bay, on the bay, and sometimes in the bay.

Oh yes Gucci, San Francisco is surounded by water. If you look to the left of the photo, you'll see the Golden Gate Bridge tower above the fog. Up to that point is the S.F. Bay. On the other side is the Pacific ocean.
I think people all over the world invision a bridge painted gold, but it was actually named for the gateway. It is a wonderful place to see!
San Francisco is a peninsula (water on all three sides).

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Haha DUH!!! How could I forget?? San Fran IS the city by the bay! Yes, I did see the Golden Gate in the photo. I'm sure it must be breath taking to witness firsthand. I would really love to one day orchestrate a trip to Cali. I imagine it's a beautiful state. But at the same rate, I suppose FL and Cali are very similar. Except the fact that there's WAYYYYYYYY more people in Cali than in FL. The county I just moved from was a peninsula county. Pinellas County located in the west-central part of FL hosts Clearwater and Saint Petersburg (beaches). Beautiful waters, we've got there.

[49er]

]Haha DUH!!! How could I forget?? San Fran IS the city by the bay! Yes, I did see the Golden Gate in the photo. I'm sure it must be breath taking to witness firsthand. I would really love to one day orchestrate a trip to Cali. I imagine it's a beautiful state. But at the same rate, I suppose FL and Cali are very similar. Except the fact that there's WAYYYYYYYY more people in Cali than in FL. The county I just moved from was a peninsula county. Pinellas County located in the west-central part of FL hosts Clearwater and Saint Petersburg (beaches). Beautiful waters, we've got there.

If you come to SF in the summer don't forget to dress warm.  It can get really cold here! :

[gucci_boi7782]

LOL, okay I will remember that!  : In that case, maybe FL and Cali are pretty different! Our average summer weather is anywheres from lower 80's to the lower 90's!!

[49er]

I remember once going to the Golden Gate Bridge in August.  I was dressed appropriately.  There were some tourists dressed in shorts and light shirts.  The fog was blowing in about 20 miles an hour, (32kph,) the temperature was about 45,(7 Celsius,) and they were freezing!  Oh, and when I lived in the mountains we had highs in the 110s + (43 + C)

[InmemoryofRomeo]

Yup I know what that is like, our summer temps exceed 45 C its just too hot to do anything Matilda would get so tired and cranky in the heat

[fancyfont]

Like 49er said, San Francisco can be so cold in the summer, natural A/C from the fog. Funny thing is you can cross the Golden Gate Bridge and a couple of miles later, it can be hot. I don't think you can do this in Florida. 

[gucci_boi7782]

WOW!!! Such major variation in Cali! Although, 49er, your post almost reminded me of our world-famous hurricanes. (Or cyclones I believe in AU) Even in Aussie, I knew they get hot down there. But over 110 degrees? That's like death valley hot. Our humidity is what makes FL so unbearably hot in the summer.

[InmemoryofRomeo]

I should probably point out that that is 45 C in the shade, in the sun you would have no trouble at all frying an egg (Which is kinda fun Did that as a school activity one year to prove to the government that our town did get hot enough to deserve air con at the school (it worked too, hooray for air con )) And it gets much hotter out in the deserts of WA and NT.

Now you know why Aussies love the water lol its either sweat or swim I'd rather take my chances with a shark than die in the heat

But we don't get much humidity like you do, it is a dry heat here Except in Queensland. I couldn't stand humidity like you get, even the humidity in Queensland makes me ill

[49er]

WOW!!! Such major variation in Cali! Although, 49er, your post almost reminded me of our world-famous hurricanes. (Or cyclones I believe in AU) Even in Aussie, I knew they get hot down there. But over 110 degrees? That's like death valley hot. Our humidity is what makes FL so unbearably hot in the summer.

Actually, Death Valley gets to 120+! (49 C)  And it is the lowest spot in the US.  Surprisingly the highest peak in the lower 48 is Mount Whitney, just 76 miles, (122 K) away.  In regards possable disasters California is famous for fires and earthquakes. :

[fancyfont]

I love the bunnies, Mweed. How cute!!!
As far as earthquakes go they're right up there on my phobias

[gucci_boi7782]

Yay for the bunnies, Mweed. How cute.  I've never experienced an earthquake. Like I said, our hurricanes and humidity are enough for me. But good grief IMR, you could fry an egg in the sun? Gawd you always hear such nice things about Australia (&&&& California) I just thought they were similar to Florida being surrounded by water as we are.

[InmemoryofRomeo]

You can keep the earthquakes We only have little ones here (4.9 R was the largest) and I am very happy about that

Frying an egg isn't as bad as its sounds though lol, I bet you could manage it there on a piece of tin or something, it doesn't take much to fry

*wants to come visit America* New York has (almost) more people in it than the ENTIRE country of Australia

[49er]

*wants to come visit America* New York has (almost) more people in it than the ENTIRE country of Australia

I went to Scotland a couple of years ago and was amazed that there is only four million Scotts.  There are more folks living in the Bay Area! :

[49er]

I went through the pictures I took at Pier 39, deleted the lousy ones, checked over the similar ones and placed what I thought were the best Representative 24 pics in a folder called 49er / Pier 39 in the Gallery button.  Please ignore the non- Pier 39 images.

[gucci_boi7782]

Come to America!! You would have so much fun!! Definitely make NY your #1 destination!  There should be all sorts of university programs that let you travel abroad. And if I remember correctly my brother was a camp counselor in Pennsylvania last summer. There I believe they also have a program that has 'foreigners' come to America for counseling their campers. There were kids from the UK, and from AU. I remember he brought his Aussie friend over to the house, where I interrogated her. I literally asked her every question I could think of about Australia!

[InmemoryofRomeo]

I checked with my uni last year about doing something like that ut all the countries available for working holidays for English Teachers are disadvantage countries that really need the help I'd love to do it but the upfront costs are quite high When I do manage to come visit the US though I want it to be just a holiday, theres far too much I want to see to try and cram it in between working

[gucci_boi7782]

Oh yes. That is true. However, I spoke with my brother about the camp program last night. He told me it's called Camp America. Yes, you would have to pay a substantial amount. But, that program paid for the flight and the visa. The kids worked all summer being camp counselors, and at the end they paid off the Camp America fees and were still able to walk away with a little spending cash.

It's just a little something to think about, maybe google it. I think you'd really like America. Best of luck either way, IMR.

[InmemoryofRomeo]

Thanks for that info, I will definitely look it up