We woke up very early to make our way to our Alcatraz tour! We got there early and had to wait for our ferry. When we finally got to the island a lot of us were so excited to see something so famous in US and even world history! We watched a short video about the islands history then walked up to the cell house for an audio tour. We were in groups of 7 and walked around through the prison together. The tour was narrated by past inmates and guards! It was like stepping back in time!
For lunch we had free time at pier 39. Then we were off to walk across the Golden Gate Bridge! We arrived and it was so windy and chilly! We were happy we knew it would be cold and we had our jackets. The bridge is about 1.5 miles long and we enjoyed our walk across, stopping to take pictures every 5 minutes to make sure we don't miss a good shot. The view of the city was breath taking!
We headed back to the hotel for our last dinner together. We also had a short orientation about our departure day. Some of our flights were canceled because of the plane crash at SFO but the Belo staff helped us right away. Our dinner was delicious and we had fun listening to the winners of the superlatives! Four of us even wrote a song for the trip- a version of "we are the world, we are the children" it was so great! After dinner and speeches it was time to party. We had a DJ the played everything we wanted, even some of our favorites from our home countries! Sadly the night did have to end and we all had to pack for departure day.
This trip was so amazing! We would like to thank Rotary, our friends and family, and Belo for a great year in the United States and our West Coast trip!
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