Alcatraz and the Warriors!

An early morning trip to Alcatraz was just timed to perfection. The rain held off just until we had finished our tour. It was a short boat ride form Pier 39 over to Alcatraz Island. Then we all had a self guided tour of the facility with some interesting stories about the attempted escapes from the prison and Al Capone. We then headed back to Pier 39 for some lunch at Bubba Gump Shrimp - famous from the Forrest Gump movie. The highlight being the deep fried shrimp everyone had as well as the Forrest Gump trivia contest. Then the students had a look around Pier 39 which is a hub for tourist activity, coffee and games. Then we departed - well stood still in bumper to bumper traffic for 2 hours - for Oracle Arena to view the Golden State Warriors v Minnesota Timberwolves. The Warriors ran out comfortable winners 108 to 99 with the highlight being some interesting dancing from Kaighin Johnson, Callan Blackley and Matt Thorn. Tomorrow we are going back in to the city to have a ride on the Cable Cars and a closer look of the Golden Gate Bridge. Then off to the Stanford Uni v North Carolina game at Stanford. Enjoy the pictures.