On Wednesday next week I have my last final at SFSU and the following Monday I’m leaving San Francisco. This semester has gone by so fast and I have learned a lot! And I’m so happy that I decided to study abroad because this semester...
I love Christmas and I absolutely love all the food and candy we eat in Sweden around Christmas. From what I have understood the food we eat on Christmas in sweden does differ a lot from the food Americans eat on Christmas. So when I...
Since I am from Sweden we don’t have the same traditions as they have here in US. And one of them is thanksgiving. I´ve never celebrated it in Sweden so this year was my first time doing it. My dad was visiting from Sweden during...
A couple of weeks ago my mum and her boyfriend were visiting from Sweden and since they had rented a car we decided to visit Muir woods. It is approximately a 40 minutes drive from San Francisco without heavy traffic. Muir woods is a redwood...
I love figure skating and I have been practicing it since I was 5 years old. And when I heard that they were going to set up an ice rink at Union Square I wanted to go there immediately. So about three weeks ago my...
If you want to escape from the big city and get out into nature, I think you definitely should go to Yosemite! Me and my friend Frida decided that we would be there for the day but in hindsight it would have probably been better...
San Francisco offers a lot of different restaurants. And when it comes to pancakes the crepe house is one of my favorites. It’s located on 1132 Valencia Street and it’s open everyday. They offer a lot of different crepes but also sandwiches and salads. My...
On about 922 feet you will find the second highest peak in the city, Twin Peaks! You can se the peak from almost anywhere in the city because of the TV tower that is located on its top. From Twin Peaks you have an incredible...
If you enjoy cold and spooky places with a lot of history I strongly recommend you to visit Alcatraz. Alcatraz is located in the San Francisco bay about 2.4 km from the shore and was a federal prison from 1933 until 1963. Now the prison...
If you want to discover San Francisco in a different way you should hire a bike and bike the bridge. To rent a bike for a whole day is about $ 30. It is good to hire bikes early because otherwise there is the risk...