Our ride back to London
Choo choo!
All board!
Dining at 200kmph 2000ft under the channel!
Can't get enough of the space age doors
Back in London St Pancras!
The Eurostar Alstom trains
The first in Britain!
As if we can't get enough of sculptures in Paris already!
That's all for Paris, for now!
Ah! Sunny California!
A perfect day to be thrown into Jail
Going in comfort!
All board the alcatraz cruise
We are on time!
The Coit Tower in pioneet park
Leaving pier 41!
And the continent!
into the sea
The bay bridge from the pier
Awesome winter weather
Old Warehouses by the piers
giant ship!
The reflecting bay area
The San Francisco skyline
The Bay bridge in the wild
The bay side marinas
Ahhoy alcatraz on Horizon!
Chuggin along
We came from there!
Approaching the rock
It's like no man's land
The alcatraz docks
Anchoring the boat by the berth
Aye off the clipper matey!
Welcome Indians!
The main holding areas by the docks
Our guide for the day!
Apparently all the guides are volunteers
mostly retirees offering their time as guides for the national parks
moving along the prison walk
Many of the derelict buildings around
The Social Hall, destroyed by fire during the Native American occupation
The now-abandoned prison
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Often referred to as "The Rock"
alcatraz served as a military fortification
as well as a federal and military prison
The morgue
Inside the morgue