Big News!

 Wow. So it's been a while! Life got a little too crazy, and I fell incredibly behind on my blogging.  I'm going to try and keep posting at least once every 1-2 weeks, depending on how interesting my  life is, because honestly....it can be pretty dull sometimes! There's only so much you can say about going to classes and watching Netflix! 

    However, I finally have some exciting news! In September I am going to Dublin, Ireland to become an au pair! An au pair is a "young foreign person, typically a woman, who helps with housework or child care in exchange for room and board". I'm going to be staying with the McCarthy family for 10-12 months, helping the mum & dad with their three kids. 

   I'm excited beyond words and I can't wait to get the ball rolling! I'll be doing a series on this blog about all the ins and outs of becoming an au pair, as well as posting about my new adventures in Ireland! 

More to come!

<3 Noelle

San Fran Day 7 - Obama, In-N-Out, and the Way Home

Quick stop at In-N-Out!

So our trip has finally come to an end and it's time to go home. After packing up all of our luggage, Ricki and I left the hotel and went to grab lunch at In-N-Out! I hadn't had one of their burgers in such a long time...I'd missed them! After our lunch we poked around some tourist shops and actually found some decently cute clothing! Ricki found an infinity scarf with a rustic-style american flag on it in order to properly represent her love for 'murica ;) 

San Fran Day 6 - Obama, Boat Cruise, and Ghirardelli Square

  

For our last full day in San Francisco, we decided to go on a boat cruise. We had a 2 hour "Bridge 2 Bridge" boat cruise with the Red & White Fleet where we sailed from Pier 43 1/2, under the Golden Gate Bridge, around Alcatraz, past Treasure Island, under the Bay Bridge, and then back to the pier. While in line for the cruise, we saw Obama flying over the bay in Marine One! 

San Fran Day 5 - Bread Animals, Alcatraz, and Meeting a Felon

 After breakfast at the hotel, we went to the Boudin Bakery to pick up our lunch that we planned to eat on Alcatraz Island! The Bakery is known for it's incredible sourdough bread, many that they shape into cool designs, and many a time, animals! There was a six-foot long alligator made entirely out of sourdough!  

San Fran Day 4 - Palace of Fine Arts, Crissy Field, and Ricki's New Car

The Palace of Fine Arts!

This day was one of my favourite days of the entire trip. We started the day off by heading to the Palace of Fine Arts in the Marina District of San Francisco. It was absolutely breathtaking. The buildings look like they were transported from Greece or Rome. The attention to detail is amazing and the enormous size of the structures makes it that much more overwhelming. We walked around and took some incredible photographs, before sitting by the pond and watching the herons catch fish! 

San Fran Day 3 - Lombard St., Macarons, and The Best French Food Ever!

In front of the famous switchbacks and then the view from the top!

San Fran Day 2 (Part 3) - Union Square

Riding the streetcar!

After our disastrous lunch, we decided to go to Union Square, and our spirits were lifted once we rode our first streetcar! We checked out the square and then decided to head over for Ricki's first H&M experience! We picked up some cute clothes, and then decided to get some much needed food! In H&M we both picked up some more summer appropriate outfits, because even though we had been told that San Francisco was going to be rainy and cold in February, it was in the 70's the whole time! So we were severely overheated in our bulky Canada-proof outfits.