Hello all~
I am back from my vacation from San Francisco. It was truly amazing, and I wish I could live there! We visited Alkatraz (which I kept calling Azkaban>.< They're so similar), took a ride on the cable cars (which was very crowdedo.o oof), visited Ghirardelli Square and bought some of the best chocolate ever, visited the Walt Disney museum and the Science museum there and went to (my favourite) Outside Lands Music Festival.
Alkatraz was really interesting and the ferry ride there was the perfect place for skyline pictures of San Francisco! We took an audio tour, which means we walked around with these iPod like things telling us what happened in this particular spot etc etc. I loved it. History has always fascinated me and to be standing right where, say, some prisoners were holding up to 7 guards hostage in their attempt to escape was a really cool feeling. A very great stop.
The cable cars were jam-packed with tourists such as ourselves, so it wasn't the best time, but it was fun! An interesting way of transportation:P
The Walt Disney museum was also very interesting. There were several rooms that had wall-to-wall screens and it was just so pretty you had to stop and look around to let it sink in. Not too kid friendly, lots of reading, but I really enjoyed learning about the Walt behind the Disney>.<
The Science Museum was also fun, a aquarium and such was there, and I've always been a fan of those. Lots of pictures of the gorgeous wildlife. And penguins:D
Lastly was Outside Lands Music Festival. I discovered it when I was looking up tour dates for one of my favourite bands, The Decemberists. They were playing nearby but because of our vacation we wouldn't be able to make it. I noticed then that they were playing in San Francisco! The only problem was the tickets were EXPENSIVE and my parents didn't want to pay that much money for a 3 day concert that only one member of the family wanted to go to>.< I had to accept I wouldn't be going and let it go. A couple days later my mom hands me a folder with the tickets for the day where all of my favourite bands in the last 4 years are playing! Single day tickets had been released at a much cheaper price, and we could go:D
So, as you can see I was pretty damn excited. The festival was being held in Golden Gate Park, with about 4 stages set up and tons of amazing food from restaurants all over San Francisco. My line up for the day was Arcade Fire (I know literally all their songs word for word. Give me the name and I CAN SING IT FOR YOU), Deadmau5 and The Decemberists. I was one of the few teenagers there, mostly 20+ aged people there. Lots of pot and such, so my lungs weren't too happy with me by the end from all of it I inhaled. Bleck. Drugs.
Anyways, The Decemberists were first. While I felt a little like a fish out of water with the drugs and older people, once I got there and they started playing I just let go. I was worried I wouldn't know many of their songs since they had released a new album, but I knew almost all of them. I sang along, and moved with the crowd~ It was AMAZING. I had the best time. And the band had a great sense of humour>.< They encouraged chicken fights (going up onto peoples shoulders and fighting eachother) during The Calamity Song. And they were excellent live, sounded just like on my iPod.
Next was Deadmau5, who was across the park, so I just made it on time. A completely different crowd then Decemberists. I love Deadmau5, but everyone was so much older, and hard core drugs were being passed around, so everyone was really tripping. I just could not get into the music and it was just a bad energy for me. I left halfway to Arcade Fire, because they were pretty much playing at the same time.
Quickly scooting over to Arcade Fire, I arrived to a much bigger crowd. I cried. It was amazing. I felt so ALIVE and happy. I've loved this band since the beginning of grade 6, and its been quite a few years now. To see them live, to hear their music that I've loved for so long...it was just an amazing feeling and I completely lost myself with the crowd and the music. One of the best days of my life.
Well, this is incredibly long, so I'll leave you all! Until next time~
~Tokyo iris
