ALCATRAZ

Today is the day we visit Alcatraz.  Pretty excited to get out there. The boys can't wait.  It's bloody cold though and we were warned to make sure we rugged up cause it's icy out on the bay and the wind on Alcatraz is enough to chill you to the bone.  I'm actually thankful that we have sun cause god knows without that we would have frozen to death on the ferry trip out there.  

Alcatraz is an amazing freaky place. There's a feeling that comes over you as soon as you get there.  Even though the place is so run down it is also so stunning to see.  We had to wait for the "TALK" Kids weren't impressed. All they wanted was the place to pick up the headsets for the Audio Tour.  It finished and they were off n running, our exploration of Alcatraz was about to begin.  

You have no idea the feeling u get walking through the halls of this place listening to the Audio of the history of the rooms u were entering.  There were some places I had to walk straight back out of, not a comfortable feeling. I liken it to walking through the dorms and the pathology rooms at Sachenhausen Concentration Camp in Berlin.  You can just feel the emotions of the room. Very eirey!!!!  Once outside and in the Courtyard under the main office area of the prison you are confronted by the most amazing view back towards San Francisco and to the right you see the Golden Gate Bridge. It was a pretty sombre place but it was also so beautiful - if that can be!!  We spent about 3 hours just exploring and looking at everything we could possibly see.  It was definitely an experience I'm glad we had, glad I was able to take my boys to see such an historical place.