Welcome to San Francisco

Welcome to the Hotel California aka my cousin's and great aunt's and uncle's houses outside of San Francisco! The flight over was aweeesome due to Virgin America's crazy features! Not only was there purple "mood" lighting, but there was wi-fi annnd I could watch the Disney Chennel for the 5 hour flight...not too shabby (and yes, I'm a 23 year old that still watched Hannah Montana-deal with it). :)

We just relaxed and caught up with our family this weekend, so no sightseeing. That, of course, does not mean that I didn't take a huge amount of pictures, though...duh. I can't believe how beautiful the area is--beautiful weather, and definitely beautiful flowers everywhere! You just don't see lemon and orange trees in good ol' VA, and everytime I see them, they still amaze me.

My family is great--straight over from Italy and some of the nicest people you will meet. My Zio Dino happens to be one of the peppiest men I've ever met, and he always has something to say!

My dad was eyeing one of their orange trees for about a half an hour before he finally just started climbing up it and getting the ripest ones. Yum!

Mom and Dad :)

Always so goofy. :)

Ok, so here comes the 2098305 pictures of beautiful flowers. I couldn't help myself!

Uhh...a hornet started flying at me as I was taking this picture. I DEFINITELY ran away screaming as soon as my shutter snapped. Jeeze...

My cousin's backyard is so so pretty! This shot just reminds me of a postcard or something. Love the lavender!

Talk about taking pictures of randomness...

So the sightseeing has yet to begin, and I already have a bazillion pics. Just wait til I actually go into the city! I'm looking forward to seeing some Redwoods, the Golden Gate (yeees...again!!), the wine country, the Phillies/Giants game, and so so much more! I'll try to update throughout the trip!

Great...now I have the O.C. opening credit song stuck in my head...Califoooornia!