Did we forget to mention how incredible lake tahoe is? no? well we're going to say this again. IT'S AMAZING. Our last day in Tahoe was a long one, but a beautiful one. After a long sleepy drive home from Sacramento the night before (thanks again Ollie!) we awoke rather late and headed off for breakfast at a big noisy diner with even bigger milkshakes. We sat down, our plates laden with yumminess, quickly realizing that we were the only English folks watching the England vs America world cup match.. and we all know how that one turned out! Lets just say people were very keen to tell us that it was a draw. A draw. Even though our nation is indeed a soccer one, and half the people in the diner didn't fully understand the rules.. nevertheless.. we drew. Brilliant! However our spirits brightened quickly as, after a genius idea from Ollie, we soon found ourselves on the gondola being lifted up to the top of the mountain. The view from the first stop up was breathtaking; huge snowy mountains encircling the large blue lake with its golden sandy beaches! A further lift up gave us a chance to play in the snow and cross the state line into nevada. Lovely jubbly. Arriving back at the hotel, Ollie had set the stage up for our last gig (sob).. a musical snack for all the hotel guests around the pool! The gig went well and we even managed to recruit a new band member in a little girl named Jordan who showed off her crazy skills on the egg shaker, even in the slow mellow songs. Look out for that one in the future. She's going to make it big. We sold/signed a few CDs and headed back up to the room for ice cream.. trying not to think about the fact that it was C's last night! The drive to San Francisco airport was a good one.. we made a pit stop at trusty In n' Out Burger.. THE MOST amazing burgers you will ever eat. As we ate, we questioned the fashion choices of many americans (upturned baseball caps, very short shorts, spurs, tassles, and cowboy hats oh yes) and even went to a drive in cinema to watch the new karate kid. But, inevitably, the Bay Bridge of San Fran came into view and we arrived at the airport just before 5am; sleepy and sad that another tour member was off to the homeland. Farewell to dear Cecilia was a bit too much for Ollie who as soon as we turned the corner burst into tears, tore his shirt and yelled 'why?! why?!' as Ellie and Immie looked on in embarassment...
The days we spent in san fran were brill to the max.. apart from the first afternoon where we all fell asleep in a park near the bay bridge in the morning sunshine after having an hours sleep the night before and got extremely burnt! Immie was burnt strangely only on one cheek which was really funny. The next couple of days were spent moseying around San Francisco. After going to a comedy night in a nearby bar, and having a cheeky slice of cheesecake at our favourite San Fran diner, "Loui's", we said goodbye to Ollie on the Monday evening, which was a sad time. He gave us some AMAZING essentials for our future travels (a starbucks card, macadamian nuts, m&m's and two trashy magazines- thanks!) and after many hugs he drove off to the airport. San Francisco was very relaxed and on the Tuesday we moseyed around everywhere we hadn't been before, such as the symphony hall and city hall and went to a lot of vintage shops in Haight Ashbury, and looked at all the piers by the sea. We love this city!
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