Friday, August 05, 2005

San Francisco part 2, Seattle, and Vancouver

Saturday I went to a free Jazz festival in North Beach, then checked out a Zombie Flashmob (A group of people agree to meet up dressed like zombies and lurch around the city, www.eatbrains.com) Later I visited Amoeba records in Haight Ashbury, managed to spend 50 dollars on 8 CDs, which is pretty good. It's got a very good selection, but I was still slightly disappointed.
Sunday I went for a walk around the parks, which were very nice, especially the Presidio park which is like a small forest on the edge of the city. Monday I walked across the Golden Gate Bridge. It was pretty foggy, but there was still a good view.
I left San Francisco the next day, headed for Seattle, which took about 19 hours, then, when I arrived in Seattle, I went to visit Jimi Hendrix's grave. It took me a while to find, as it's way out of town, and it's in a pretty big cemetery. That evening there was an open mic night at the hostel which was good fun, there was a Bob Dylan lookalike/soundalike/wannabe who was actually pretty good, as well as a couple of other singer/songwriters who were ok.
Yesterday I visited the Experience Music Project, a big museum of music with a lot of Hendrix stuff, a big Dylan exhibition, a history of the guitar exhibition with lots of old guitars which was fascinating. Then I got the bus to Vancouver, which is where I am now. After finally managing to find a bank which had Visa cashpoints, I now have money and can go out.