yosemite, ca

First and foremost, I'd like to apologise for the fact there will be no "diaries" post for September. Most of my daily snapshots are taken with my phone and during this past month I had a problem with the camera. I wish this series would go uninterrupted, but it is as it is. 

Let's get back on subject though, shall we? Because I have a confession to make. I had been anticipating Yosemite for literally months. It was one of the places I was most eager to see, to experience and to photograph. We spent a day there but I could have easily been there for the whole week and never get tired of the views and everything it had to offer. I could never imagine the immensity had I not seen it with my own two eyes. In America, everything is so big and far apart that you almost forget how Humans tamper with Nature. This was a haven. I've never been keen on camping, but for this place I would have made an exception.

san francisco, ca

We left Seattle and flew in to San Francisco. I have to say that coming away from this trip, I realise this was one of my favourite stops. It was diverse, huge and visually stunning. Whenever I think about the cities I saw, San Francisco lingers the longest in my mind. 

The arquitecture was both interesting and colourful, Being used to a certain kind of arquitectural aesthetics that regardless of its European charm, mostly sticks to neutrals, the colours easily caught my eye. Sometimes the houses would be a flamboyant combination of colours and odd shapes. Others, they'd form one long street of houses alike in faded tones of blue, pink, yellow and every other tint you can imagine.

What I loved the most, however, is how the city really keeps you busy. Pier 39, Haight Street, the Ghirardelli Square, Chinatown (by far the most enthralling I've ever been to), the Golden Gate Park and its museums (and the Conservatory of Flowers that won me over completely)... Quite honestly I can't even name half of it. I feel like it would take me forever to run out of things to do and see in a place like this. And of course, with the Golden Gate Bridge and the cable cars it also reminds me a little bit of home. If I ever live in America, I hope it's in San Francisco.