San Francisco

The last full day of our holiday in the USA and we had a look round the big city of San Francisco. This is Union Square, right in the centre of the city, and surrounded by all the posh shops.

Alcatraz Inmates

Some of the current "inmates" of Alcatraz. The tourists waiting for a boat home.

Photographer

One of the tourists has time to take photos of San Francisco whilst escaping from Alcatraz.

Tourists

Two of the tourists escaping from Alcatraz.

ALCATRAZ

Alcatraz Island with the US Prison on top. The prison closed in 1963 and it is now a major tourist attraction.

The Big Trees

This is what you see when you look upwards in Muir Woods

Muir Woods

The last Monday of our holiday and we went for a walk through the Redwood forrest of Muir Woods, north of San Francisco. A popular place with lots of impressive trees.